Ephod
אֵפוֹדStrong’s H0646ephod (e-phod)
Appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ephod is the Hebrew word usually translated “ephod”, “ephod of” and “into an ephod”. It appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament.
“Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.”
Meaning
- Ephodpriestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment
How it's translated
- the ephod 32
- an ephod 6
- an ephod of 4
- for the ephod 3
- ephod 2
- and an ephod 1
- into an ephod 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 21
- 1 Samuel 8
- Judges 6
- Leviticus 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- Exodus 28:6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
- Exodus 28:12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
- Exodus 28:15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 28:25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
- Exodus 28:26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
Hebrew dictionary
אֵפוֹד ephod · 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
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.