אֵפֻדָּהʼêphuddâh

ephod

Pronunciation: ay-food-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H642

Meanings

1. of high-priest's ephod (Exodus 28:8; Exodus 39:5)

2. of sheathing of idol-images (Isaiah 30:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 28:8 The decorative sash will be made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
  • Exodus 39:5 The decorative sash was made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
  • Isaiah 30:22 Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).