Ephod
אֲפֻדָּהStrong’s H0642ephuddah (e-phud-dah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ephuddah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ephod its” and “sheathing of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.”
Meaning
- Ephodpriestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment · a metallic covering for idols, a plating over
How it's translated
- ephod its 2
- sheathing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 39:5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Isaiah 30:22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲפֻדָּה ephuddah · ephod
1) ephod 1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment 1a1) worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff 1a2) worn by the high priest-more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold 1b) a metallic covering for idols, a plating over
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ephod” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EPH'OD, noun
[Heb. to bind.]
In Jewish antiquity, a part of the sacerdotal habit, being a kind of girdle, which was brought from behind the neck over the two shoulders, and hanging down before, was put across the stomach, then carried round the waist and used as a girdle to the tunic. There were two sorts; one of plain linen, the other embroidered for the high priest. On the part in front were two precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Before the breast was a square piece or breastplate.
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.