Homers to US Gallons (homer to gal)

1 homer equals 58.11785152 US gallons (rounded).

1 homer = 58.11785152 US gallons

How to convert homers to US gallons

To convert homers to US gallons, multiply the number of homers by 58.11785152. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply US gallons by 0.0172064172.

US gallons = homers × 58.11785152

Example: 10 homers = 581.1785152 US gallons.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

Approximate value. Standards for the homer varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Homer (homer)

Biblical (Hebrew)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

Ten baths, roughly 220 L. The largest biblical dry and liquid measure.

Largest of the common biblical capacity measures, the homer, also called the kor, served for bulk grain and for liquids such as oil. Ezekiel states that the ephah and the bath were each a tenth of it, and rabbinic tables put it at ten ephah, or thirty seah. It is also easy to mix up with the omer, a unit more than a hundred times smaller despite the similar spelling in English.

Reference works usually quote about 220 litres, which follows directly from ten baths of 22 litres each. That figure is only as firm as the bath estimate beneath it, so a homer should be taken as a rough order of magnitude rather than an exact capacity. For comparison, 220 litres is a little more than a standard 200 litre oil drum, so a homer was in effect a large cask or a heavy load of grain.

1 homer = 220 liters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Homer (unit); Wikipedia: Bath (unit); Wikipedia: Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement

US Gallon (gal)

US customaryCurrent unit

Exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters (128 US fluid ounces). About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon.

The US gallon is a survivor of English wine trade. Around 1706, a statute in Queen Anne's reign fixed the wine gallon at exactly 231 cubic inches, settling confusion among the competing gallons for wine, ale and corn. British colonies in North America used that wine gallon, and in 1824 Britain replaced all its gallons with a new imperial one while the United States kept the old measure. It was adopted as the legal US standard in 1836 and is still defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 liters.

That makes the US gallon about 17 percent smaller than the imperial gallon, a difference that explains why American and British fuel-economy figures cannot be compared directly. Everyday uses are milk jugs, paint cans and gasoline pumps. One gallon divides evenly into four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups and 128 fluid ounces. A gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds, an easy figure to remember when loading a car with water jugs.

1 US gallon = 3.785411784 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Gallon; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume

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