1. A measure of capacity used among the Hebrews, containing three pecks and three pints. The Ephah was a dry measure, as of barley, Rth 2:17 ; and meal, Num 5:15 Jdg 6:19 ; and was of the same capacity with the bath in liquids. See BATH, or Ephah.2. The son of Midian, and grandson of Abraham, Gen 25:4, who settled and gave his name to a region in Arabia supposed to have been near Midian, Isa 60:6 .<\/p>\n
(Hebrews Eyphah’, , gloom), the name of a tribe (including that of the founder), also of a woman and of a Man 1:1. (Sept. v.r. in Chron. , Isaiah .) The first in order of the five sons of Midian (Gen 25:4; 1Ch 1:33), B.C. cir. 1988; afterwards mentioned by Isaiah in the following words: “The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord. All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify tlhe house of my glory” (Isa 60:6-7). This passage clearly connects the descendants of Ephah with the Midianites, the Keturahite Sheba, and the Ishmaelites, both in the position of their settlements and in their wandering habits, and shows that, as usual, they formed a tribe bearing his name. But no satisfactory identification of this tribe has been discovered. The Arabic word Gheyfeh, which has been supposed to be the same as Ephah, is the name of a town, or village, near Pelusium, or Bulbeys (the modern Bilbeys), a place in Egypt, in the province of Sharklyeh, not fai from Cairo; but the tradition that Ephah settled in Africa does not rest on sufficient authority. SEE MIDIAN.<\/p>\n
2. (Sept. .) A concubine of Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, by whom she had several sons (1Ch 2:46). B.C. post 1856.<\/p>\n
3. (Sept. .) A son of Jahdai, who was apparently the grandson of the oldest of the foregoing sons (1Ch 2:47). B.C. long post 1856.<\/p>\n
(, eyphah’, rarely , ephah’), a measure of grain, containing “three seahs or ten omers,” and equivalent in capacity to the bath for liquids (Exo 16:36; 1Sa 17:17; Zec 5:6; Jdg 6:19; Rth 2:17; the “double ephah,” Pro 20:10; Deu 25:14; Amo 8:5, means two ephahs, the one just, the other false). According to Josephus (Ant. 8:2, 9), the ephah contained 72 sextarii, equal to the Attic (liquid) metretes, or 1933.95 Paris cubic inches, about 1 and one-twelfth bushels English (see Bockh, Metrolog. Untersuch. pages 259, 278). This is also confirmed by other testimony; so that there is doubtless an error in another passage of Josephus (Ant. 15:9, 2), where the ephah seems to be equal to 96 sextarii, or the Attic medimnus. The origin of this word is to be sought in the Egyptian language, where it signifies a measure, especially of corn, from which comes the Sept. rendering (see Rediger, in Allg. Encyklop. s.v.; Gesenius, Thes. Ling. Hebrews in Append.). SEE MEASURES.<\/p>\n
gloom. (1.<\/strong>) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4<\/span>). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6<\/span>, 7<\/span>. 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<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2.<\/strong>) 1 Chr. 2:46<\/span>, a concubine of Caleb.<\/p>\n (3.<\/strong>) 1 Chr. 2:47<\/span>, a descendant of Judah.<\/p>\n 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<\/span>; 1 Sam. 17:17<\/span>; Zech. 5:6<\/span>). The double ephah in Prov. 20:10<\/span> (marg., “an ephah and an ephah”), Deut. 25:14<\/span>, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.<\/p>\n (See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.)<\/p>\n 1. The first of Midian’s sons, grandson of Abraham (Gen 25:4; 1Ch 1:33; Isa 60:6), “the dromedaries of Ephah” E. of the Dead Sea. Midian abounded in camels to carry their merchandise (Jdg 6:5); the camel is the ship of the desert.<\/p>\n 2. A concubine of Caleb of Judah (1Ch 2:46).<\/p>\n 3. Son of Jahdai (1Ch 2:47) of Judah.<\/p>\n An ephah was the basic measurement of capacity that the Israelites used when measuring volumes of grain. It was equal to about thirty-seven litres (Lev 6:20; Rth 2:17; 1Sa 17:17). Over the years the word ephah became also the name of the container people used to measure the grain (Lev 19:36; Amo 8:5; Zec 5:6-9). (For fuller details of the system that Israelites used to measure capacity see MEASUREMENT.)<\/p>\n EPHAH.1. A son of Midian, descended from Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:4 = 1Ch 1:33), the eponymous ancestor of an Arabian tribe whose identity is uncertain. This tribe appears in Isa 60:6 as engaged in the transport of gold and frankincense from Sheba. 2. A concubine of Caleb (1Ch 2:46). 3. A Judahite (1Ch 2:47).<\/p>\n EPHAH.See Weights and Measures.<\/p>\n An Hebrew measure, containing about three pecks and three pints, like a Bath.!<\/p>\n efa (, ephah, darkness; , Gephar (Gen 25:4), , Gaipha (Isa 60:6): The name of three persons in the Old Testament, both masculine and feminine<\/p>\n (1) The son of Midian, descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah (Gen 25:4 = 1Ch 1:33), mentioned again in Isa 60:6 as a transporter of gold and frankincense from Sheba, who shall thus bring enlargement to Judah and praise to Yahweh. According to Fried. Delitzsch, Schrader, and Hommel, Ephah is an abbreviation of Ayappa, the Kha-yappa Arabs of the time of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon. See treatment of this view in Dillmann’s Commentary on Gen (Isa 25:4).<\/p>\n (2) A concubine of Caleb (1Ch 2:46).<\/p>\n (3) The son of Jahdai, a descendant of Judah (1Ch 2:47).<\/p>\n efa (, ‘ephah): A dry measure of about one bushel capacity. It corresponds to the bath in liquid measure and was the standard for measuring grain and similar articles since it is classed with balances and weights (Lev 19:36; Amo 8:5) in the injunctions regarding just dealing in trade. In Zec 5:6-10 it is used for the utensil itself (see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES).<\/p>\n Ephah, a dry measure of capacity, equivalent to the bath for liquids. It contained three pecks and three pints. [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]<\/p>\n [E’phah] See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.<\/p>\n [E’phah]<\/p>\n 1. Son of Midian, being the son of Abraham and Keturah, and referred to by Isaiah as the head of a tribe. Gen 25:4; 1Ch 1:33; Isa 60:6.<\/p>\n 2. Concubine of Caleb. 1Ch 2:46.<\/p>\n 3. Son of Jahdai of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 2:47.<\/p>\n H5891<\/span> <\/p>\n 1. A son of Midian<\/p>\n Gen 25:4<\/span>; 1Ch 1:33<\/span>; Isa 60:6<\/span> <\/p>\n \n 2. Caleb’s concubine<\/p>\n 1Ch 2:46<\/span> <\/p>\n \n 3. Son of Jahdai<\/p>\n 1Ch 2:47<\/span> <\/p>\n \n 4. A measure of about three pecks<\/p>\n Measure, Dry<\/span> <\/p>\n Ephah. See Measures.<\/p>\n E’phah.<\/p>\n 1. Concubine of Caleb, in the line of Judah. 1Ch 2:46.<\/p>\n 2. Son of Jahdai; also in the line of Judah. 1Ch 2:47.<\/p>\n 3. See Weights and Measures.<\/p>\n a measure<\/p>\n Exo 16:36<\/span>; Lev 19:36<\/span>; Jdg 6:19<\/span>; Rth 2:17<\/span>; 1Sa 1:24<\/span><\/p>\n –SEE<\/strong> Tables, 3535<\/p>\n the eldest son of Midian, who gave his name to a city and small extent of land in the country of Midian, situated on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, Gen 25:4. This country abounded with camels and dromedaries, Isa 60:6, &c.<\/p>\n 2. EPHAH, a measure both for things dry and liquid, in use among the Hebrews. The ephah for the former contained three pecks and three pints. In liquid measure it was of the same capacity as the bath.<\/p>\n EPHAH 1. A measure of capacity used among the Hebrews, containing three pecks and three pints. The Ephah was a dry measure, as of barley, Rth 2:17 ; and meal, Num 5:15 Jdg 6:19 ; and was of the same capacity with the bath in liquids. See BATH, or Ephah.2. The son of Midian, and … Continue reading “Ephah”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Ephah (1)<\/h2>\n
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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