1) ephah 1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount) 1b) the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount
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e.phah · ephah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 16:36 · הָאֵיפָ֖ה(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)Leviticus 5:11 · הָאֵפָ֛הBut if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.Leviticus 6:20 · הָאֵפָ֥ה“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.Leviticus 19:36 · אֵ֥יפַתYou shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.Numbers 5:15 · הָאֵיפָ֖הthen he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.Numbers 28:5 · הָאֵיפָ֛הalong with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.Deuteronomy 25:14 · אֵיפָ֣ה · וְאֵיפָ֑הYou shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.Deuteronomy 25:15 · אֵיפָ֧הYou must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Judges 6:19 · וְאֵיפַת־So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.Ruth 2:17 · כְּאֵיפָ֥הSo Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.1 Samuel 1:24 · וְאֵיפָ֨הOnce she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.1 Samuel 17:17 · אֵיפַ֤תOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.Proverbs 20:10 · אֵיפָ֣ה · וְאֵיפָ֑הDiffering weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.Isaiah 5:10 · אֵיפָֽה׃ פFor ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”Amos 8:5 · אֵיפָה֙asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.Micah 6:10 · וְאֵיפַ֥תCan I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?Zechariah 5:6 · הָֽאֵיפָה֙“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”Zechariah 5:7 · הָאֵיפָֽה׃And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.Zechariah 5:8 · הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.Zechariah 5:9 · הָ֣אֵיפָ֔הThen I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.Zechariah 5:10 · הָאֵיפָֽה׃“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.