Ephah @ gloom. (1.) 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). (2.) 1Chronicles:2:46, a concubine of Caleb. (3.) 1Chronicles: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; 1Samuel: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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