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Ancient dry measure
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ephah
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alt. (context biblical English) An ancient Hebrew unit of dry volume measure, equal to a bath or to one-tenth of a homer. It is approximately equal to 22 litres. n. (context biblical English) An ancient Hebrew unit of dry volume measure, equal to a bath ...
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Hebrew dry measure, probably of Egyptian origin (compare Coptic epi "measure").
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n. an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel [syn: epha ]
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Ephah (, ‘Êp̄āh ) was one of Midian 's five sons as listed in the Hebrew Bible . The son of Abraham , Midian's five sons were Ephah, Epher , Enoch , Abida , and Eldaah . These five were the progenitors of the Midianites .