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ephah Heb. Antiq.|ˈiːfə|
Forms: 4 (ephi), 7–8 epha, 7– ephah.
[a. Heb. ēiphāh, believed to be of Egyptian origin.
Cf. Egyptian ȧpit, a dry measure containing 40 hin, or according to Hultsch 18·18 litres = 4 gallons. The form ephi is a. L. ēphi (Vulg.) = Gr. οἰϕί (LXX.). The Gr. and Lat. forms cannot be adoptions of the Heb. word, but appear to be taken directly from Egyptian; the Gr. is stated by Hesychius to be the name of an Egyptian measure.]
A Hebrew dry measure, identical in capacity with the bath; see bath n.3; it is variously said to have contained from 4½ to 9 gallons. Also fig.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495) 932 Batus is in fletynge thynges..Ephi in drye thynges. 1611Bible Ezek. xlv. 10 Ye shall haue iust ballances, and a iust Ephah, and a iust Bath. 1622A. Cooke Pope Joan in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 10 By your Grace's means, the epha, wherein popish wickedness sitteth, may be lifted up between the earth and the heaven. 1660Fuller Mixt Contempl. (1841) 177 Some have had a hin..others an ephah of afflictions. 1721Bailey, Epha. |