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Bible Dictionaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Concordances

Nave Topical Bible

Ephah

Scofield Reference Index

Ephah

Thompson Chain Reference

Ephah

Dictionaries

American Tract Society

Ephah
Bath, or Ephah

Bridgeway Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Fausset Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Hitchcock Bible Names

Ephah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Ephah

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary

Ephah

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Ephah

Smith Bible Dictionary

Ephah

Webster Dictionary

Ephah

Watson's Theological Dictionary

Ephah

Encyclopedias

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Ephah (1)
Ephah (2)

Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia

Ephah

McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia

Ephah
Ephah (2)

The Jewish Encyclopedia

Ephah

Lexicons

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One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Genesis 25:4 ). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isaiah 60:6,7 . This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judges 6:5 ).

1 Chronicles 2:46 , a concubine of Caleb.

1 Chronicles 2:47 , a descendant of Judah.

Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to the bath for liquids (Exodus 16:36; 1 Samuel 17:17; Zechariah 5:6 ). The double ephah in Proverbs 20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"), Deuteronomy 25:14 , means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.

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Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ephah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/ephah.html. 1897.

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