אֵיפָה (e.phah) means “ephah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ay-faw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֵיפָה · e.phah · ephah
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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or (shortened) אֵפָה ; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
KJV glosses: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of an ephah | 9 |
| an ephah | 5 |
| ephah | 4 |
| the basket | 4 |
| per ephah | 3 |
| and an ephah | 2 |
| the ephah | 2 |
| a measuring basket | 1 |
| about an ephah | 1 |
| an ephah of grain | 1 |
| and the ephah | 1 |
| and unequal measures | 1 |
| for each ephah of grain | 1 |
| measures | 1 |
| shall be one ephah | 1 |
| two differing measures | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of an ephah | 9 |
| an ephah | 5 |
| and an ephah | 3 |
| ephah | 3 |
| the ephah | 3 |
| to an ephah | 3 |
| divers measures | 2 |
| measure | 2 |
| of the ephah | 2 |
| and it was about an ephah | 1 |
| and the ephah | 1 |
| for an ephah | 1 |
| making the ephah | 1 |
| part of an ephah | 1 |
| shall be an ephah | 1 |
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(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.13
You 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.
Read word by wordthen 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.
Read word by wordalong with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
Read word by wordYou shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordSo Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
Read word by wordOnce 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.
Read word by wordOne 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.
Read word by wordDiffering weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
Read word by wordFor ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
Read word by wordYou must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Read word by wordThe ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
Read word by wordThis is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.
Read word by wordHe shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.
Read word by wordThe grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
Read word by wordHe is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
Read word by wordAt the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
Read word by wordYou are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.
Read word by wordasking, “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.
Read word by wordCan I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Read word by word“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.”
Read word by wordAnd behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
Read word by word“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by word“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
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