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Lexicon :: Strong's H646 - 'ēp̄ôḏ

Aa
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 BoxExo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - So that the rings on the bag may be fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord and on to the band of the ephod, so that the bag may not come loose from the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:31 - The robe which goes with the ephod is to be made all of blue;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - Take the robes, and put the coat and the dress and the ephod and the priest's bag on Aaron; put the band of needlework round him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - And beryls and jewels to be cut for the ephod and for the priest's bag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers gave the beryls and the cut jewels for the ephod and the priest's bag;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - And the rings on the bag were fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord, keeping it in place over the band, so that the bag might not get loose, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:22 - The robe which went with the ephod was made all of blue;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 - And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, who had the ephod. And the people had no idea that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14 - And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.
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