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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Exodus 16:36 · הָאֵיפָ֖הNow an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.Leviticus 5:11 · הָאֵפָ֛ה“‘But if he can’t afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.Leviticus 6:20 · הָאֵפָ֥ה“This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening.Leviticus 19:36 · אֵ֥יפַתYou shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.Numbers 5:15 · הָאֵיפָ֖הthen the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.Numbers 28:5 · הָאֵיפָ֛הwith the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.Deuteronomy 25:14 · אֵיפָ֣ה · וְאֵיפָ֑הYou shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small.Deuteronomy 25:15 · אֵיפָ֧הYou shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.Judges 6:19 · וְאֵיפַת־Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.Ruth 2:17 · כְּאֵיפָ֥הSo she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.1 Samuel 1:24 · וְאֵיפָ֨הWhen she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.1 Samuel 17:17 · אֵיפַ֤תJesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;Proverbs 20:10 · אֵיפָ֣ה · וְאֵיפָ֑הDiffering weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.Isaiah 5:10 · אֵיפָֽה׃ פFor ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”Amos 8:5 · אֵיפָה֙Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;Micah 6:10 · וְאֵיפַ֥תAre there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?Zechariah 5:6 · הָֽאֵיפָה֙I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the landZechariah 5:7 · הָאֵיפָֽה׃(and behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket.”Zechariah 5:8 · הָֽאֵיפָ֑הHe said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.Zechariah 5:9 · הָ֣אֵיפָ֔הThen lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.Zechariah 5:10 · הָאֵיפָֽה׃Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”