Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vestment worn by ancient Hebrew priests.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Jewish priestly vestment, specifically that worn by the high priest.
- noun An amice: a name formerly sometimes used in the Western Church, and also in use in the Coptic and Armenian churches. See
vakass .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biblical, Judaism A priestly
apron , orbreastplate , described in theBible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pentateuch, but to be a priest, -- for in his ministry he wears the linen ephod, the _ephod bad_, and even the pallium (1Samuel ii.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28. 1999
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The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment; and the rational his vestplate, in which were twelve gems, etc.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment; and the rational his vestplate, in which were twelve gems, etc.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision
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The ephod was the high priest's upper vestment; and the rational his breastplate, in which were twelve gems, etc.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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And the ends of the chains themselves, thou shalt join together with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision
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And the ends of the chains themselves, thou shalt join together with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And the ends of the chains themselves, thou shalt join together with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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About the shoulders he also wore a garment called the ephod; this was made of costly material, and consisted of two portions about an ell long, which covered the back and breast, were held together above by two shoulderbands or epaulets, and terminated below with a magnificent girdle.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The ephod is a kind of garment mentioned in the O.T., which differed according to its use by the high-priest, by other persons present at religious services, or as the object of idolatrous worship.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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