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

Example Sentences

But you don't know how much is the bath until it be said, “The ephah and the bath contain one measure,”690 “for ten baths are a homer.”

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

From Famous Stories Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

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

This same Obed is the father of Jesse, who is the father of David. 146-1 Naomi means pleasant, while Mara means bitter. 148-2 The ephah was equal to about two pecks and five quarts.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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