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EPHOD

Definition: EPHOD

EPHOD

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EPHOD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: EPHOD

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Bible

Ephod something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high priest (Ex. 28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1 Sam. 22:18), and characteristic of his office (1 Sam. 2:18, 28; 14:3). It was worn by Samuel, and also by David (2 Sam. 6:14). It was made of fine linen, and consisted of two pieces, which hung from the neck, and covered both the back and front, above the tunic and outer garment (Ex. 28:31). That of the high priest was embroidered with divers colours. The two pieces were joined together over the shoulders (hence in Latin called superhumerale) by clasps or buckles of gold or precious stones, and fastened round the waist by a "curious girdle of gold, blue, purple, and fine twined linen" (28:6-12). The breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim, was attached to the ephod. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: EPHOD

Non-English Usage: "EPHOD" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (part od clothing of a Jewish priest).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EPHOD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ephod the

56

ephod picture

4

breastplate ephod

3

ephod ipod

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EPHOD

Language Translations for "EPHOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hebrew 

  

אפו" (covering, surplice, tunic, vest). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ephoday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: EPHOD

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

superumerale, superumerali, superumeralis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: EPHOD

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 28, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai poihseiV upoduthn podhrh olon uakinqinon
Latin405VulgateFacies et tunicam superumeralis totam hyacinthinam
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thow shalt make the coote of the coope al iacynctyne,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd thou shalt make the tunycle vnto the Ephod, all to gether of Iacyncte.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Basic English1964OgdenThe robe which goes with the ephod is to be made all of blue;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: EPHOD

LanguageExodus Chapter 28, Verse 31
Cebuano¶ Ug magbuhat ka ug bisti nga hataas nga sa ephod nga lubos azul.
Croatian"Ogrtaè za opleæak sav napravi od ljubièastog prediva.
DanishFremdeles skal du tilvirke Kåben, som hører til Efoden, helt og holdent af violet Purpur.
DutchGij zult ook den mantel des efods geheel van hemelsblauw maken.
FinnishKasukan viitta tee kokonaan punasinisistä langoista;
FrenchTu feras la robe de l`éphod entièrement d`étoffe bleue.
GermanDu sollst auch einen Purpurrock unter dem Leibrock machen ganz von blauem Purpur.
Haitian Creole¶ W'a pran twal ble pou fè rad ki ale anba jile a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Jubah yang dipakai di atas efod harus seluruhnya terbuat dari wol biru.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan lagi hendaklah kauperbuat baju selimut efod itu sama sekali biru laut warnanya.
ItalianFarai il manto dell'efod, tutto di porpora viola
Maori¶ Me hanga ano e koe te koroka o te epora, hei te puru anake.
NorwegianOverkjortelen* som hører til livkjortelen, skal du gjøre helt igjennem av blå ull. # <* En kjortel til å bære over underkjortelen, men under livkjortelen.>
PortugueseTambém farás o manto do éfode todo de azul.   
RumanianMantia de supt efod s`o faci kntreagq de materie albastrq.
Spanish"Harás la túnica del efod toda de material azul.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: EPHOD

Derivations

Words beginning with "EPHOD": ephods. (additional references)


Misspellings

"EPHOD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: efad, effed, efo, empha, Ephah, ephe, ephor, ephos, epod, epoh, ethmoid, ethod, Mpho, nephroid, Pehoe, Xephon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EPHOD"

Words rhyming with "EPHOD" (pronounced 'Eph"od'): Leod, method, Out-Herod, synod. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EPHOD

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hoped.

Words within the letters "d-e-h-o-p"

-1 letter: dope, hoed, hope, ohed, oped.

-2 letters: doe, edh, hep, hod, hoe, hop, ode, ope, ped, peh, pod, poh.

-3 letters: de, do, ed, eh, he, ho, od, oe, oh, op, pe.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-h-o-p"
 

+1 letter: ephods, hooped, hopped, hypoed, phoned, poohed.

 

+2 letters: chomped, chopped, hexapod, hophead, hoppled, morphed, phonied, photoed, poached, pooched, pothead, pouched, shopped, unhoped, whomped, whooped, whopped.

 

+3 letters: asphodel, bishoped, chenopod, depolish, diaphone, dogeship, dopehead, drophead, hedgehop, hexapods, hexapody, hopheads, hypoderm, oompahed, orphaned, phonated, phoneyed, phyllode, ploughed, plowhead, polished, potheads, pothered, potholed, potsherd, rhapsode, sheepdog, siphoned, sphenoid, spheroid, sploshed, syphoned, theropod, trophied, upholder.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EPHOD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 50 48 4F 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010000 01001000 01001111 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0048 004F 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3950424938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Bible Trace
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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