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To gird

אָפַדStrong’s H0640

aphad (a-phad)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Aphad is the Hebrew word usually translated “gird ephod” and “girded ephod”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:”
Exodus 29:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) bind, girdto gird on (ephod) · (TWOT) ephod
How it's translated
  • and you will gird ephod 1
  • and he girded ephod 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1
  • Leviticus 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אָפַד aphad · to gird

1) (Qal) bind, gird 1a) to gird on (ephod) 1b) (TWOT) ephod

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “gird” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GIRD, noun

gurd. [Eng. a yard.]

  1. A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a rod or the pressure of a band.
  2. In popular language, a severe stroke of a stick or whip.
All definitions and other forms of “gird”

    GIRD, verb transitive

    gurd. preterit tense and participle passive girded or girt.

    1. To bind by surrounding with any flexible substance, as with a twig, a cord, bandage or cloth; as, to gird the loins with sackcloth.
    2. To make fast by binding; to put on; usually with on; as, to gird on a harness; to gird on a sword.
    3. To invest; to surround.
    4. To clothe; to dress; to habit.“I girded thee about with fine linen” Ezekiel 16:10
    5. To furnish; to equip.
    6. To surround; to encircle; to inclose; to encompass.
    7. To gibe; to reproach severly; to lash.

    GIRD, verb intransitive

    To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.