Lexical Definition

‎אֵפֻדָּה‎ ʼêphuddâh (ay-food-daw') ephod ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎אֵפוֹד‎

ephod, ornament.

• a girding on (of the ephod)
• hence, generally, a plating (of metal)

1) ephod
1a) priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment
1a1) worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff
1a2) worn by the high priest-more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold
1b) a metallic covering for idols, a plating over

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲפֻדָּה‎ noun feminine ephod (= ‎אֵפוֺד‎, for which it supplies construct & suffix forms).

1. of high-priest's ephod, compare ‎אֵפוֺד‎ 1 b, only ‎חֵשֶׁב אֲפֻדָּתוֺ‎Exod 28:8; Exod 39:5 the cunningly-wrought band of his ephod.

2. of sheathing of idol-images, ‎אֲפֻדַּת מַסֵּכַתוְהָכֶ֑ךָ‎Isa 30:22 (|| ‎צִפוּי פְסִילֵי כַסְפֶּ ךָ‎) compare ‎אֵפוֺר‎ 3 a.

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