אֵפוֹד
ʼêphôwd · ay-fode'
a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely אֵפֹד; probably of foreign derivation
a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image
- a girdle
- specifically, the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece
- also, generally, an image
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ephod.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵפוֹד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the ephod21 · 43%
- the ephod8 · 16%
- an ephod5 · 10%
- ephod3 · 6%
- from the ephod2 · 4%
- and the ephod2 · 4%
- for the ephod2 · 4%
- in the ephod1 · 2%
- and an ephod1 · 2%
- with an ephod1 · 2%
- thither the ephod1 · 2%
- also had upon him an ephod1 · 2%
- and without an ephod1 · 2%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.