Ephah

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ephah \E"phah\, or Epha \E"pha\, n. [Heb. '[=e]ph[=a]h.]
     A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and
     five quarts. Ten ephahs make one homer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ephah
       n : an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a
           bushel [syn: {epha}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ephah
     gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of
     Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his
     name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding
     territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead
     Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judg. 6:5).
     
       (2.) 1 Chr. 2:46, a concubine of Caleb.
     
       (3.) 1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant of Judah.
     
       Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain
     measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to
     the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17; Zech. 5:6). The
     double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"),
     Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ephah, weary; tired