ephod
/ˈiː.fɒd/
ephod noun: a priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist.
Noun
ephod (plural ephods)
- A priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist.
- And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Exodus, 28, vi-viii
- 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, and without teraphim:1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James): Hosea, 3, iv
Examples of ephod in a sentence
- From this it appears that at least towards the close of the Exile, the Urim and Thummim were considered as something distinct from the ephod of the high priest and the gems with which it was adorned.1913, “Urim and Thummim”, in Catholic Encyclopedia:
- Like a levite’s robe of plain linen the faded worn soutane draped the kneeling figure of one whom the canonicals or the bellbordered ephod would irk and trouble.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
Forms of ephod
| plural | ephods |
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Origin of ephod
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֵפֹד (ʼēp̄ōḏ).
Questions about ephod
- What does ephod mean?
- Ephod means a priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist.
- How do you use ephod in a sentence?
- From this it appears that at least towards the close of the Exile, the Urim and Thummim were considered as something distinct from the ephod of the high priest and the gems with which it was adorned.
- What part of speech is ephod?
- Ephod is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ephod?
- Ephod is pronounced /ˈiː.fɒd/.
- What is the plural of ephod?
- The plural of ephod is ephods.
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