Lexicon :: Strong's H646 - 'ēp̄ôḏ

אֵפוֹד

Transliteration

'ēp̄ôḏ

Pronunciation

ay-fode'

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H646: Abbreviations

אֵפוֺד (28 times) & אֵפֹד (20 times) noun masculine^{Exodus 28:7} ephod (Ethiopic አፋድ፡ compare Aramaic aXTdep id. (on meaning see Lag^l.c.), perhaps also Assyrian pid, pittu Zim^{BP 39}; on form see Ges^{§ 84 a 12. R.} but Lag^l.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׳ 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 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. Sta^{Geschichte i. 466, 471} Bu^{RS 115} and others, think of an image representing י׳; compare following.

a. ephod of gold made by Gideon Judges 8:27 for a local sanctuary, by which Israel was ensnared; = 2b according to 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 Kö^{Hauptprobleme 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 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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Exo 25:7

Exo 25:7 - Onyx^H7718 stones,^H68 and stones^H68 to be set^H4394 in the ephod,^H646 and in the breastplate.^H2833

Exo 28:4

Exo 28:4 - And these are the garments^H899 which they shall make;^H6213 a breastplate,^H2833 and an ephod,^H646 and a robe,^H4598 and a broidered^H8665 coat,^H3801 a mitre,^H4701 and a girdle:^H73 and they shall make^H6213 holy^H6944 garments^H899 for Aaron^H175 thy brother,^H251 and his sons,^H1121 that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.^H3547

Exo 28:6

Exo 28:6 - And they shall make^H6213 the ephod^H646 of gold,^H2091 of blue,^H8504 and of purple,^H713 of scarlet,^H8144^H8438 and fine twined^H7806 linen,^H8336 with cunning^H2803 work.^H4639

Exo 28:12

Exo 28:12 - And thou shalt put^H7760 the two^H8147 stones^H68 upon the shoulders^H3802 of the ephod^H646 for stones^H68 of memorial^H2146 unto the children^H1121 of Israel:^H3478 and Aaron^H175 shall bear^H5375 their names^H8034 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 upon his two^H8147 shoulders^H3802 for a memorial.^H2146

Exo 28:15

Exo 28:15 - And thou shalt make^H6213 the breastplate^H2833 of judgment^H4941 with cunning^H2803 work;^H4639 after the work^H4639 of the ephod^H646 thou shalt make^H6213 it; of gold,^H2091 of blue,^H8504 and of purple,^H713 and of scarlet,^H8144^H8438 and of fine twined^H7806 linen,^H8336 shalt thou make^H6213 it.

Exo 28:25

Exo 28:25 - And the other two^H8147 ends^H7098 of the two^H8147 wreathen^H5688 chains thou shalt fasten^H5414 in the two^H8147 ouches,^H4865 and put^H5414 them on the shoulderpieces^H3802 of the ephod^H646 before^H6440 it.^H4136

Exo 28:26

Exo 28:26 - And thou shalt make^H6213 two^H8147 rings^H2885 of gold,^H2091 and thou shalt put^H7760 them upon the two^H8147 ends^H7098 of the breastplate^H2833 in the border^H8193 thereof, which is in the side^H5676 of the ephod^H646 inward.^H1004

Exo 28:27

Exo 28:27 - And two^H8147 other rings^H2885 of gold^H2091 thou shalt make,^H6213 and shalt put^H5414 them on the two^H8147 sides^H3802 of the ephod^H646 underneath,^H4295 toward^H4136 the forepart^H6440 thereof, over against^H5980 the other coupling^H4225 thereof, above^H4605 the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod.^H646

Exo 28:28

Exo 28:28 - And they shall bind^H7405 the breastplate^H2833 by the rings^H2885 thereof unto the rings^H2885 of the ephod^H646 with a lace^H6616 of blue,^H8504 that it may be above the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod,^H646 and that the breastplate^H2833 be not loosed^H2118 from the ephod.^H646

Exo 28:31

Exo 28:31 - And thou shalt make^H6213 the robe^H4598 of the ephod^H646 all^H3632 of blue.^H8504

Exo 29:5

Exo 29:5 - And thou shalt take^H3947 the garments,^H899 and put^H3847 upon Aaron^H175 the coat,^H3801 and the robe^H4598 of the ephod,^H646 and the ephod,^H646 and the breastplate,^H2833 and gird^H640 him with the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod:^H646

Exo 35:9

Exo 35:9 - And onyx^H7718 stones,^H68 and stones^H68 to be set^H4394 for the ephod,^H646 and for the breastplate.^H2833

Exo 35:27

Exo 35:27 - And the rulers^H5387 brought^H935 onyx^H7718 stones,^H68 and stones^H68 to be set,^H4394 for the ephod,^H646 and for the breastplate;^H2833

Exo 39:2

Exo 39:2 - And he made^H6213 the ephod^H646 of gold,^H2091 blue,^H8504 and purple,^H713 and scarlet,^H8438^H8144 and fine twined^H7806 linen.^H8336

Exo 39:7

Exo 39:7 - And he put^H7760 them on the shoulders^H3802 of the ephod,^H646 that they should be stones^H68 for a memorial^H2146 to the children^H1121 of Israel;^H3478 as the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 Moses.^H4872

Exo 39:8

Exo 39:8 - And he made^H6213 the breastplate^H2833 of cunning^H2803 work,^H4639 like the work^H4639 of the ephod;^H646 of gold,^H2091 blue,^H8504 and purple,^H713 and scarlet,^H8144^H8438 and fine twined^H7806 linen.^H8336

Exo 39:18

Exo 39:18 - And the two^H8147 ends^H7098 of the two^H8147 wreathen^H5688 chains^H5688 they fastened^H5414 in the two^H8147 ouches,^H4865 and put^H5414 them on the shoulderpieces^H3802 of the ephod,^H646 before^H6440 it.^H4136

Exo 39:19

Exo 39:19 - And they made^H6213 two^H8147 rings^H2885 of gold,^H2091 and put^H7760 them on the two^H8147 ends^H7098 of the breastplate,^H2833 upon the border^H8193 of it, which was on the side^H5676 of the ephod^H646 inward.^H1004

Exo 39:20

Exo 39:20 - And they made^H6213 two^H8147 other golden^H2091 rings,^H2885 and put^H5414 them on the two^H8147 sides^H3802 of the ephod^H646 underneath,^H4295 toward^H4136 the forepart^H6440 of it, over against^H5980 the other coupling^H4225 thereof, above^H4605 the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod.^H646

Exo 39:21

Exo 39:21 - And they did bind^H7405 the breastplate^H2833 by his rings^H2885 unto the rings^H2885 of the ephod^H646 with a lace^H6616 of blue,^H8504 that it might be above the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod,^H646 and that the breastplate^H2833 might not be loosed^H2118 from the ephod;^H646 as the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 Moses.^H4872

Exo 39:22

Exo 39:22 - And he made^H6213 the robe^H4598 of the ephod^H646 of woven^H707 work,^H4639 all^H3632 of blue.^H8504

Lev 8:7

Lev 8:7 - And he put^H5414 upon him the coat,^H3801 and girded^H2296 him with the girdle,^H73 and clothed^H3847 him with the robe,^H4598 and put^H5414 the ephod^H646 upon him, and he girded^H2296 him with the curious girdle^H2805 of the ephod,^H646 and bound^H640 it unto him therewith.

Jdg 8:27

Jdg 8:27 - And Gideon^H1439 made^H6213 an ephod^H646 thereof, and put^H3322 it in his city,^H5892 even in Ophrah:^H6084 and all Israel^H3478 went thither a whoring^H2181 after^H310 it: which thing became a snare^H4170 unto Gideon,^H1439 and to his house.^H1004

Jdg 17:5

Jdg 17:5 - And the man^H376 Micah^H4318 had an house^H1004 of gods,^H430 and made^H6213 an ephod,^H646 and teraphim,^H8655 and consecrated^H4390^H3027 one^H259 of his sons,^H1121 who became his priest.^H3548

Jdg 18:14

Jdg 18:14 - Then answered^H6030 the five^H2568 men^H582 that went^H1980 to spy out^H7270 the country^H776 of Laish,^H3919 and said^H559 unto their brethren,^H251 Do ye know^H3045 that there is^H3426 in these houses^H1004 an ephod,^H646 and teraphim,^H8655 and a graven image,^H6459 and a molten image?^H4541 now therefore consider^H3045 what ye have to do.^H6213

Jdg 18:17

Jdg 18:17 - And the five^H2568 men^H582 that went^H1980 to spy out^H7270 the land^H776 went up,^H5927 and came in^H935 thither, and took^H3947 the graven image,^H6459 and the ephod,^H646 and the teraphim,^H8655 and the molten image:^H4541 and the priest^H3548 stood^H5324 in the entering^H6607 of the gate^H8179 with the six^H8337 hundred^H3967 men^H376 that were appointed^H2296 with weapons^H3627 of war.^H4421

Jdg 18:18

Jdg 18:18 - And these went^H935 into Micah's^H4318 house,^H1004 and fetched^H3947 the carved image,^H6459 the ephod,^H646 and the teraphim,^H8655 and the molten image.^H4541 Then said^H559 the priest^H3548 unto them, What do^H6213 ye?

Jdg 18:20

Jdg 18:20 - And the priest's^H3548 heart^H3820 was glad,^H3190 and he took^H3947 the ephod,^H646 and the teraphim,^H8655 and the graven image,^H6459 and went in^H935 the midst^H7130 of the people.^H5971

1Sa 2:18

1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel^H8050 ministered^H8334 before^H6440 the LORD,^H3068 being a child,^H5288 girded^H2296 with a linen^H906 ephod.^H646

1Sa 2:28

1Sa 2:28 - And did I choose^H977 him out of all the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 to be my priest,^H3548 to offer^H5927 upon mine altar,^H4196 to burn^H6999 incense,^H7004 to wear^H5375 an ephod^H646 before^H6440 me? and did I give^H5414 unto the house^H1004 of thy father^H1 all the offerings made by fire^H801 of the children^H1121 of Israel?^H3478

1Sa 14:3

1Sa 14:3 - And Ahiah,^H281 the son^H1121 of Ahitub,^H285 Ichabod's^H350 brother,^H251 the son^H1121 of Phinehas,^H6372 the son^H1121 of Eli,^H5941 the LORD'S^H3068 priest^H3548 in Shiloh,^H7887 wearing^H5375 an ephod.^H646 And the people^H5971 knew^H3045 not that Jonathan^H3129 was gone.^H1980

1Sa 21:9

1Sa 21:9 - And the priest^H3548 said,^H559 The sword^H2719 of Goliath^H1555 the Philistine,^H6430 whom thou slewest^H5221 in the valley^H6010 of Elah,^H425 behold, it is here wrapped^H3874 in a cloth^H8071 behind^H310 the ephod:^H646 if thou wilt take^H3947 that, take^H3947 it: for there is no other^H312 save^H2108 that here.^H2088 And David^H1732 said,^H559 There is none like that; give^H5414 it me.

1Sa 22:18

1Sa 22:18 - And the king^H4428 said^H559 to Doeg,^H1673 Turn^H5437 thou, and fall^H6293 upon the priests.^H3548 And Doeg^H1673 the Edomite^H130 turned,^H5437 and he fell^H6293 upon the priests,^H3548 and slew^H4191 on that day^H3117 fourscore^H8084 and five^H2568 persons^H376 that did wear^H5375 a linen^H906 ephod.^H646

1Sa 23:6

1Sa 23:6 - And it came to pass, when Abiathar^H54 the son^H1121 of Ahimelech^H288 fled^H1272 to David^H1732 to Keilah,^H7084 that he came down^H3381 with an ephod^H646 in his hand.^H3027

1Sa 23:9

1Sa 23:9 - And David^H1732 knew^H3045 that Saul^H7586 secretly practised^H2790 mischief^H7451 against him; and he said^H559 to Abiathar^H54 the priest,^H3548 Bring hither^H5066 the ephod.^H646

1Sa 30:7

1Sa 30:7 - And David^H1732 said^H559 to Abiathar^H54 the priest,^H3548 Ahimelech's^H288 son,^H1121 I pray thee, bring me hither^H5066 the ephod.^H646 And Abiathar^H54 brought^H5066 thither the ephod^H646 to David.^H1732

2Sa 6:14

2Sa 6:14 - And David^H1732 danced^H3769 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 with all his might;^H5797 and David^H1732 was girded^H2296 with a linen^H906 ephod.^H646

1Ch 15:27

1Ch 15:27 - And David^H1732 was clothed^H3736 with a robe^H4598 of fine linen,^H948 and all the Levites^H3881 that bare^H5375 the ark,^H727 and the singers,^H7891 and Chenaniah^H3663 the master^H8269 of the song^H4853 with the singers:^H7891 David^H1732 also had upon him an ephod^H646 of linen.^H906

Hos 3:4

Hos 3:4 - For the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 shall abide^H3427 many^H7227 days^H3117 without a king,^H4428 and without a prince,^H8269 and without a sacrifice,^H2077 and without an image,^H4676 and without an ephod,^H646 and without teraphim:^H8655