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ephah

ephah noun: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

Noun

ephah (plural ephahs)

  1. (historical) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
    • Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:10–11

Forms of ephah

pluralephahs
alternative formepha
alternative formephi

Origin of ephah

From Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.

Questions about ephah

What does ephah mean?
Ephah means a former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
What part of speech is ephah?
Ephah is a noun.
What is the plural of ephah?
The plural of ephah is ephahs.

Words near ephah in the dictionary

  1. EPG
  2. EPGs
  3. Eph
  4. Eph.
  5. epha
  6. ephah
  7. ephahs
  8. ephapse
  9. ephapses
  10. ephaptic
  11. ephaptically

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