ephah (Meaning)
Wordnet
ephah (n)
an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel
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ephah (n.)
Alt. of Epha
Synonyms & Antonyms of ephah
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ephah Sentence Examples
- During the time of the Exodus, an ephah was a unit of dry measure equaling about 22 liters.
- Naomi instructed Ruth to glean grain in Boaz's fields, and asked Boaz to allow Ruth to glean and gather ears of grain left behind the reapers, up to an ephah.
- Boaz not only allowed Ruth to glean up to an ephah, but he also gave orders for the reapers to intentionally leave some stalks of grain behind for her.
- At the end of the day, Ruth had gathered an ephah of barley and carried it back to her mother-in-law's house.
- In ancient Israel, people often offered grain offerings to God at the temple, and the standard amount was one ephah.
- When Elisha went to the school of the prophets at Gilgal, the sons of the prophets asked him to ask God to multiply the little food they had, which was only twenty loaves of barley bread and some ears of grain that amounted to less than an ephah.
- Scripture records that the sons of the prophets boiled a pottage of wild herbs and put poisonous gourds in it, which made them all cry out, "There is death in the pot!"
- upon tasting it.
- Elisha corrected the situation by asking for flour and throwing it into the pot, and the poisonous effects were neutralized.
- As instructed by Elijah, Elisha had one of the sons of the prophets pour oil into empty jars until all the jars were full, and an ephah of oil was obtained.
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an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushelAlt. of Epha
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During the time of the Exodus, an ephah was a unit of dry measure equaling about 22 liters.
Naomi instructed Ruth to glean grain in Boaz's fields, and asked Boaz to allow Ruth to glean and gather ears of grain left behind the reapers, up to an ephah.
Boaz not only allowed Ruth to glean up to an ephah, but he also gave orders for the reapers to intentionally leave some stalks of grain behind for her.
At the end of the day, Ruth had gathered an ephah of barley and carried it back to her mother-in-law's house.
