Lexical Definition

‎אֵיפָה‎ ʼêyphâh (ay-faw') ephah ^H:N-F
or (shortened) אֵפָה ʼêphâh (ay-faw') ; of Egyptian derivation

ephah, (divers) measure(-s).

• an ephah or measure for grain
• hence, a measure in general

1) ephah
1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)
1b) the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount

See Greek: μέτρον · μέτρον · νέφος · σκότος · τάλαντον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵיפָה‎₃₅, ‎אֵפָה‎ noun feminine ephah (etymology dubious, ᵐ5. οιφι etc., compare Coptic ôipi, Thes Lag^{Or. ii. 2 & cit}.) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Num 5:15 +; ‎אֵפָה‎ Exod 16:36 +; construct ‎אֵיפַת‎ Lev 19:36 +; — ephah, a grain-measure.

1. a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers (‎עֹמֶר‎) Exod 16:36 (compare in measure of offerings Lev 5:11; Lev 6:13*; Num 5:15; Num 28:5, all ‎׳‎‎עֲשִׂירִית הָא‎; = 1/10 chomer (‎חֹמֶר‎) Ezek 45:11 (= bath, ‎בַּת‎, liquid measure q. v.) compare Isa 5:10 chiefly of offerings, see above & 1Sam 1:24; Ezek 45:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:24 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:7 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:11 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:14 compare Judg 6:19, but also of food 1Sam 17:17 compare Ruth 2:17 & Isa 5:10 above

2. receptacle or measure, holding an ephah, in prophetic vision Zech 5:6; Zech 5:7; Zech 5:8; Zech 5:9; Zech 5:10 just measure ‎אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק‎ Lev 19:36 (|| ‎׳‎‎מאֹזְנֵיצֿ‎, ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵיצֿ‎, ‎׳‎‎הִֶין צ‎) compare Ezek 45:10; Ezek 45:11 ‎אֵיפָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁלֵמָה וָצ‎ Deut 25:15 (|| ‎׳‎‎וָצ‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶבֶן שׁ‎); of unjust measure ‎אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה‎ Deut 25:14; Prov 20:10 ‎׳‎‎הַקְטִין א‎ Amos 8:5 ‎אֵיפַת רָווֺן‎ Mic 6:10. (On the actual size of ephah, compare ‎בַּת‎).

‎אֵיפֹה‎ see below ‎אַי‎. P.33

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