Every Name in Tanakh

גֹּמֶר Gomer

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 243×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:6.

Genesis 10:2בראשית י:ב

בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Genesis 10:3בראשית י:ג

וּבְנֵי גֹּמֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַז וְרִיפַת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Ezekiel 38:6יחזקאל לח:ו

גֹּמֶר וְכָל־אֲגַפֶּיהָ בֵּית תּֽוֹגַרְמָה יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲגַפָּיו עַמִּים רַבִּים אִתָּֽךְ

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his bands; even many peoples with thee.

Hosea 1:3הושע א:ג

וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־גֹּמֶר בַּת־דִּבְלָיִם וַתַּהַר וַתֵּֽלֶד־לוֹ בֵּֽן

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

1 Chronicles 1:5דברי הימים א א:ה

בְּנֵי יֶפֶת גֹּמֶר וּמָגוֹג וּמָדַי וְיָוָן וְתֻבָל וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Gomer?

Gomer — גמר in Hebrew — has a gematria of 243 in the standard method.

How many times is Gomer named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Genesis 10:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word גמר stands 9 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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