ephah meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

ephah

noun

Etymology From Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.

Units of measure Historical A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:10–11:

Meronyms: cab, kab (1⁄18 ephah), omer, issaron (1⁄10 ephah), seah (1⁄3 ephah), lethek, lethech (5 ephahs), homer, chomer, cor, kor (10 ephahs)