'Ephah' definitions:

Definition of 'ephah'

From: WordNet
noun
An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel [syn: ephah, epha]

Definition of 'Ephah'

From: GCIDE
  • Ephah \E"phah\, or Epha \E"pha\, n. [Heb. '[=e]ph[=a]h.] A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. Ten ephahs make one homer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ephah'

From: Easton
  • Ephah gloom.
  • One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judg. 6:5).
  • 1 Chr. 2:46, a concubine of Caleb.
  • 1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant of Judah.
  • Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17; Zech. 5:6). The double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"), Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.

Definition of 'Ephah'

From: Hitchcock
    Ephah, weary; tired