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Lexicon :: Strong's H646 - 'ēp̄ôḏ

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אֵפוֹד
Transliteration
'ēp̄ôḏ
Pronunciation
ay-fode'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 142.1a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: אפוד (Strongs and Gesenius) אפד (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

אֵפוֹד ʼêphôwd, ay-fode'; rarely אֵפֹד ʼêphôd; probably of foreign derivation a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image:—ephod.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H646 in the following manner: ephod (49x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H646 in the following manner: ephod (49x).

  1. ephod

    1. priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment

      1. worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff

      2. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵפוֹד ʼêphôwd, ay-fode'; rarely אֵפֹד ʼêphôd; probably of foreign derivation a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image:—ephod.
STRONGS H646: Abbreviations
אֵפוֺד (28 times) & אֵפֹד (20 times) noun masculineExodus 28:7 ephod (Ethiopic አፋድ፡ compare Aramaic aXTdep   id. (on meaning see Lagl.c.), perhaps also Assyrian pid, pittu ZimBP 39; on form see Ges§ 84 a 12. R. but Lagl.c. compares وفاد, & thinks אֵפוֺד shortened from חֵשֶׁב הָא׳ 'robe of approach to God) — א׳ absolute Exodus 25:7 +; construct 1 Samuel 2:18 +; —
1. ephod, priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle;
a. as worn by ordinary priest made of white stuff (בַּד) 1 Samuel 22:18; נֹשֵׂא א׳ compare 2; so Samuel as a temple-servant 1 Samuel 2:8; חָגוּר א׳ girt with an ephod; so David when dancing before ark 2 Samuel 6:14 (id.) 1 Chronicles 15:27 וְעַל דוד א׳;
b. as prescribed in P for high priest, more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, & linen (? שֵׁשׁ)threads, provided with shoulder-pieces & breast-piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold, Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:4, 6, 12, 15; Exodus 29:5; Exodus 35:9, 27 + 17 times Exodus 28, 39, also Leviticus 8:7; compare probably 1 Samuel 2:28 (נֹשֵׂא א׳) 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 21:10 (see below 2); חֵשֶׁב הָא׳ Exodus 28:27, 28; Exodus 29:5; Exodus 39:20, 21; Leviticus 8:7; מְעִיל הָא׳ Exodus 29:5; Exodus 39:22 (compare Leviticus 8:7); with verb עַל־ נָתַן אֶת־הָא׳ put the ephod on Aaron Leviticus 8:7.
2. ephod used in consulting י׳ 1 Samuel 23:6 א׳ borne in hand (read בְּיָדוֺ יָרַד וְהָא׳ Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7 (twice in verse) (all with חִגִּישׁ) + 1 Samuel 14:18 (הגישׁ) & 1 Samuel 14:18, in both read הָא׳ for ארון & 1 Samuel 14:18 also נֹשֵׂא Greek Version of the LXX Klo Dr;
a. according to Thes MV Di Exodus 28:6 and elsewhere properly below 1b; consultation of י׳ in that case by Urim & Thummim in the breast-piece attached to the ephod (compare Exodus 28:28-30 & see אוּרִים); if so, in view of נשׂא 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Samuel 14:3, 18 (compare above), not used elsewhere = wear except 1 Samuel 22:18, & of 1 Samuel 23:6, the word might be used by metonymy for the breast-piece itself;
b. others, e.g. StaGeschichte i. 466, 471 BuRS 115 and others, think of an image representing י׳; compare following.
3.
a. ephod of gold made by Gideon Judges 8:27 for a local sanctuary, by which Israel was ensnared; = 2b according to Syriac Version Thes ('sine controversia') Stu and others + Sta Bu l.c.; originally = gold sheathing of an image (compare etymology above & Isaiah 30:22 below אֲפֻדָּה); MV Be KöHauptprobleme 59 think of garment, as below 1 see above.
b. made (material not given) for a private, local sanctuary Judges 17:5; Judges 18:14, 17, 18, 20 (|| פֶּסֶל, מַסֵּכָה, תְּרָפִים in all, for Greek Version of the LXX gives מַסֵּכָה Judges 18:20, omitted by HCT); compare Hosea 3:4 Israel shall abide without king, prince, sacrifice, pillar, ephod or teraphim; according to Thes and others + Sta Bu l.c. = 2b; Stu Be Ry and others regard as below 1; in view of distinction from פסל, מסכה & תרפים it seems more likely that this is not an image, but some means of consulting deity, perhaps in imitation of Urim & Thummim.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:7; 25:7; 28; 28:4; 28:6; 28:6; 28:7; 28:12; 28:15; 28:27; 28:28; 28:28; 28:29; 28:30; 28:39; 29:5; 29:5; 29:5; 35:9; 35:27; 39:20; 39:21; 39:22

Leviticus

8:7; 8:7; 8:7; 8:7

Judges

8:27; 17:5; 18:14; 18:17; 18:18; 18:20; 18:20

1 Samuel

2:8; 2:18; 2:28; 2:28; 14:3; 14:3; 14:18; 14:18; 14:18; 14:18; 21:10; 22:18; 22:18; 23:6; 23:6; 23:9; 30:7

2 Samuel

6:14

1 Chronicles

15:27

Isaiah

30:22

Hosea

3:4

H646

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Strong's Number H646 matches the Hebrew אֵפוֹד ('ēp̄ôḏ),
which occurs 49 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - lapides onychinos et gemmas ad ornandum ephod ac rationale

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - haec autem erunt vestimenta quae facient rationale et superumerale tunicam et lineam strictam cidarim et balteum facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - facient autem superumerale de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - et pones in utroque latere superumeralis memoriale filiis Israhel portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque umerum ob recordationem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis uncinis in utroque latere superumeralis quod rationale respicit

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - facies et duos anulos aureos quos pones in summitatibus rationalis et in oris quae e regione sunt superumeralis et posteriora eius aspiciunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - nec non et alios duos anulos aureos qui ponendi sunt in utroque latere superumeralis deorsum quod respicit contra faciem iuncturae inferioris ut aptari possit cum superumerali

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - et stringatur rationale anulis suis cum anulis superumeralis vitta hyacinthina ut maneat iunctura fabrefacta et a se invicem rationale et superumerale nequeant separari

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31 - facies et tunicam superumeralis totam hyacinthinam

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - indues Aaron vestimentis suis id est linea et tunica et superumerali et rationali quod constringes balteo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - et oleum ad luminaria concinnanda et ut conficiatur unguentum et thymiama suavissimum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - et pilos caprarum sponte propria cuncta tribuentes

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - fecit igitur superumerale de auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - posuitque eos in lateribus superumeralis in monumentum filiorum Israhel sicut praeceperat Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - fecit et rationale opere polymito iuxta opus superumeralis ex auro hyacintho purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - haec et ante et retro ita conveniebant sibi ut superumerale et rationale mutuo necterentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - stricta ad balteum et anulis fortius copulata quos iungebat vitta hyacinthina ne laxe fluerent et a se invicem moverentur sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - fecerunt quoque tunicam superumeralis totam hyacinthinam

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - et capitium in superiori parte contra medium oramque per gyrum capitii textilem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 - deorsum autem ad pedes mala punica ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - vestivit pontificem subucula linea accingens eum balteo et induens tunica hyacinthina et desuper umerale inposuit

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - fecitque ex eo Gedeon ephod et posuit illud in civitate sua Ephra fornicatusque est omnis Israhel in eo et factum est Gedeoni et omni domui eius in ruinam

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 - qui aediculam quoque in ea Deo separavit et fecit ephod ac therafin id est vestem sacerdotalem et idola implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum et factus est ei sacerdos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - dixerunt quinque viri qui prius missi fuerant ad considerandam terram Lais ceteris fratribus suis nostis quod in domibus istis sit ephod et therafin et sculptile atque conflatile videte quid vobis placeat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - at illi qui ingressi fuerant domum iuvenis sculptile et ephod et therafin atque conflatile tollere nitebantur et sacerdos stabat ante ostium sescentis viris fortissimis haut procul expectantibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - tulerunt igitur qui intraverant sculptile ephod et idola atque conflatile quibus dixit sacerdos quid facitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - quod cum audisset adquievit sermonibus eorum et tulit ephod et idola ac sculptile et cum eis profectus est

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - Samuhel autem ministrabat ante faciem Domini puer accinctus ephod lineo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - et elegi eum ex omnibus tribubus Israhel mihi in sacerdotem ut ascenderet altare meum et adoleret mihi incensum et portaret ephod coram me et dedi domui patris tui omnia de sacrificiis filiorum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - et Ahias filius Achitob fratris Ichabod filii Finees qui ortus fuerat ex Heli sacerdote Domini in Silo portabat ephod sed et populus ignorabat quod isset Ionathan

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - et dixit sacerdos gladius Goliath Philisthei quem percussisti in valle Terebinthi est involutus pallio post ephod si istum vis tollere tolle neque enim est alius hic absque eo et ait David non est huic alter similis da mihi eum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - et ait rex Doec convertere tu et inrue in sacerdotes conversusque Doec Idumeus inruit in sacerdotes et trucidavit in die illa octoginta quinque viros vestitos ephod lineo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - porro eo tempore quo fugiebat Abiathar filius Ahimelech ad David in Ceila ephod secum habens descenderat

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - quod cum rescisset David quia praepararet ei Saul clam malum dixit ad Abiathar sacerdotem adplica ephod

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - et ait ad Abiathar sacerdotem filium Ahimelech adplica ad me ephod et adplicuit Abiathar ephod ad David

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14 - et David saltabat totis viribus ante Dominum porro David erat accinctus ephod lineo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - porro David erat indutus stola byssina et universi Levitae qui portabant arcam cantoresque et Chonenias princeps prophetiae inter cantores David autem indutus erat etiam ephod lineo

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - quia dies multos sedebunt filii Israhel sine rege et sine principe et sine sacrificio et sine altari et sine ephod et sine therafin
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