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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עׇמְרִי
עׇמְרִי
H6018
Transliteration: ʻOmrîy
Pronunciation: om-ree'
Definition: Omri
Original: עמרי Transliteration: ‛omrı̂y Phonetic: om-ree'
BDB Definition:
Omri = "pupil of Jehovah"- king of the northern kingdom of Israel, successor to king Elah for whom he was the captain of the army; ruled for 12 years and succeeded by his infamous son Ahab
- one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin
- a descendant of Pharez the son of Judah
- son of Michael and chief of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David