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Definition of Ephah

Ephah
Ephah E"phah, or Epha E"pha, n. [Heb. ??????.] A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

Meaning of Ephah from wikipedia

- Ephah (/ˈiːfə/, Hebrew: עֵיפָה ʿĒp̄ā, Septuagint Γαιφα, Gaipha) was one of Midian's five sons as listed in the Hebrew Bible. Midian, a son of Abraham...
- mentions it as being equal to one tenth of an ephah. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), an ephah was defined as being 72 logs, and the Log was...
- Genesis and First Chronicles also list seven of her grandsons (Sheba, Dedan, Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah). Genesis records that Abraham gave them...
- En-rimmon En-rogel En-shemesh En-tappuah Epaphras Epaphroditus Epenetus Ephah Epher Ephes-dammim Ephesus Ephlal Ephphatha Ephraim Ephratah Ephron Epicurean...
- followed by the kab (קב), followed by the se'ah (סאה), followed by the ephah (איפה), followed by the lethek (לתך), and finally by the kor (כור). The...
- His brothers are Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Ishbak and Shuah. His sons are Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. Josephus records that "Abraham contrived...
- in the Bible and in Halakha (Jewish law), which equals one third of an ephah, or bath. In layman's terms, it is equal to the capacity of 144 medium-sized...
- Gideon defeated Midian's armies. Isaiah speaks of camels from Midian and Ephah coming to "cover your land", along with the gold and frankincense from Sheba...
- represented the water weight of a Babylonian ephah: 36.29 kg by his reckoning (the metretes and the ephah were units of volume). Percy Gardner estimated...
- ("A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense...