Bible Person

Omri

Meaning: sheaf of corn · Male · 1 cross reference

This Omri entry refers to a Judahite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 9:4 and the father of Ammihud, not to the tribal ruler in David's administration or the Benjaminite figure in 1 Chronicles 7. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in 1 Chr 9:4.1

AI summary: This Omri matters because his single cross reference helps define one household within the restored city's settled population. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the picture of Jerusalem being repopulated through remembered families. Taken together, the material presents this Omri as a genealogical figure in post-exilic Jerusalem.1