Ephah (Noun)
Meaning
An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The priest measured out exactly a tenth of an ephah of flour from the grain offering and placed it in the sacred basket.
- According to the biblical account, ten shekels of gold were used to make a sacred vessel with a capacity of one ephah.
- The farmer had to set aside one ephah of barley from the first harvest as an offering to the Lord.
- In ancient Israel, the law required every baker to sell their bread in standard units of one ephah or one seah.
- After the Israelites conquered Canaan, the king imposed a tax of one ephah of wheat per household on the people.