English Explanatory Dictionary

ephah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

Word forms

ephah ephahs epha ephi

Etymology

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

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