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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ephah \E"phah\, or Epha \E"pha\, n. [Heb. ??????.]
A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and
five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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
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