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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 - Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, H646 and in the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, H646 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And they shall make the ephod H646 of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod H646 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod H646 thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - And 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 H646 before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - And 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 H646 inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod H646 underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod H646 with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, H646 and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31 - And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod H646 all of blue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, H646 and the ephod, H646 and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: H646

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, H646 and for the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, H646 and for the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - And he made the ephod H646 of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, H646 that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; H646 of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, H646 before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod H646 inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod H646 underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod H646 with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, H646 and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; H646 as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 - And he made the robe of the ephod H646 of woven work, all of blue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod H646 upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, H646 and bound it unto him therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gideon made an ephod H646 thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 - And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, H646 and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, H646 and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod H646 before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. H646 And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: H646 if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod H646 in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. H646 And Abiathar brought thither the ephod H646 to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14 - And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod H646 of linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, H646 and without teraphim:
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