אֵפוֹד ephod

Hebrew word for “ephod” · Strong’s H646 · used 49 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

1) ephod; 1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ephod in context, with how often each is used:

• ephod 48
• will be an ephod 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 28 (9), Exodus 39 (8), Judges 18 (4), Exodus 35 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (2), 1 Samuel 23 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 29 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Judges 8 (1)

Forms

• האפד 22
• האפוד 10
• אפוד 10
• לאפוד 3
• אפד 2
• לאפד 1
• ואפוד 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ephod more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֹשֶׁן choshen “breastpiece” 11
• תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet “blue” 8
• חֵשֶׁב cheshev “artwork” 6
• תְּרָפִים teraphim “teraphim” 6
• מְעִיל meil “robe” 6
• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 6
• כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 6
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 10
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 8
• בַּד bad “linen” 4
• שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 4
• קָצָה qatsah “end” 4

Key verses

The verses using ephod that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 28:4 — And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make…
• Exodus 28:12 — And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before…
• Leviticus 8:7 — And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious…
• Judges 8:27 — And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto…
• Judges 17:5 — And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
• Judges 18:17 — And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image:…
• 1 Samuel 2:18 — But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 2:28 — And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give…
• 1 Samuel 22:18 — And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and…
• 1 Samuel 23:9 — And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
• 2 Samuel 6:14 — And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
• Hosea 3:4 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.