Quick Definition
ephod
Strong's Definition
a girding on (of the ephod); hence, generally, a plating (of metal)
Derivation: feminine of H646 (אֵפוֹד);
KJV Usage: ephod, ornament.
TWOT Reference: 142.1b?
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) ephod
1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment
1a1) worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff
1a2) worn by the high priest-more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold
1b) a metallic covering for idols, a plating over
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפֻדָּה (e.phud.dah) — ephod. 1) ephod 1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment 1a1) worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff 1a2) worn by the high priest-more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold 1b) a metallic covering for idols, a plating over
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפֻדָּה n.f. ephod of high priest’s ephod
of sheathing of idol-images
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