ephah

American  

[ee-fuh, ef-ah] / ˈi fə, ˈɛf ɑ /

Or epha

noun

1. a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).

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ephah British  

/ ˈiːfə /

noun

1. a Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to approximately one bushel or about 33 litres

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Etymology

Origin of ephah

1350–1400; Middle English < Hebrew ēphāh

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Example Sentences

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ephah

The ephah is carried, and in it the woman, by two women with wings of storks into the land of Shinar, and there a house is built and it is established on her own base.

From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have.”

From Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments by Dwight Lyman Moody

Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.

From The World English Bible (WEB): Zechariah by Anonymous

She has surrounded herself with the ephah and sits in the midst of it.

From Studies in Zechariah by Arno C. Gaebelein

And he cast it into the midst            of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth            thereof.

From The Bible, King James version, Book 38: Zechariah by Anonymous

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