אֵיפָה
e.phah
ephah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Hebrew word "אֵיפָה" (e.phah) is translated as "ephah." It is a term that appears 40 times in the Bible. The primary meaning of "ephah" appears to be a unit of measurement. Within its short definition, we have no other information that would clarify its scope, however, the word is mentioned frequently. The frequency of usage suggests that "ephah" was a significant or well-known unit of measurement at the time, potentially used in everyday life or commerce. The 40 occurrences of "ephah" throughout the Bible also imply that it played a role in various contexts, possibly including trade, commerce, and possibly even agriculture. Its significance lies in its widespread usage, indicating its importance in measuring goods and quantities.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
40 total occurrences across the text
He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 45:24He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 45:24He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:5and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:5and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:7He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:7He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:7He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
Isaiah 5:10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
Numbers 28:5with one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
Ezekiel 46:11“ ‘ “In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:11“ ‘ “In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:11“ ‘ “In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:14You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance.
Ezekiel 45:10“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer.
Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer.
Ezekiel 45:13“ ‘ “This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
Ezekiel 45:13“ ‘ “This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
Amos 8:5Saying, ‘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 6:10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
Zechariah 5:6I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land
Zechariah 5:7(and behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.”
Zechariah 5:8He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
Zechariah 5:9Then I lifted 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 5:10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
Exodus 16:36Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.
Leviticus 5:11“ ‘But if he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for that in which he has sinned, one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, and he shall not put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 6:20“This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed: one tenth 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 19:36You 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 5:15then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth 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.
Deuteronomy 25:14You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
Deuteronomy 25:14You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
Deuteronomy 25:15You 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 6:19Gideon 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 2:17So 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 1:24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
1 Samuel 17:17Jesse 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;