Searchable Lemmata: ephod (L), ephot (AF), ephod (ME), effod (W), ephod (MdE).
Alternate Forms: ephed, ephoth.
1(n.)
Garment;
superhumeral; a Jewish priestly vestment. Typically the ephod was made of linen material or else rich fabrics, was sleeveless and open at the sides, fastened over the shoulders and girdled at the waist. Medieval conceptions were informed by the description in Exodus 25:7; in the fifteenth century equated with the Christian cope.(ante 1100 still in current use)
1. Ephod, quod interpretatur Latine superindumentum; erat enim pallium superhumerale ex quattuor coloribus et auro contextum, habens in utroque humero lapides duos smaragdinos auro conclusos, in quibus sculpta erant nomina patriarcharum.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,21,5)]
4. pren le estole de provoire, e coroune de dreyture, e racionel de entendement, e poudre de verité, e mitre de signe, e ephed de prophetie ... Le ters me vestit de bissyne sembloyt ephod
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[AND Suidas (619) circa 1250/1300]
5. Onychen stoonus and gemmes to anowrn ephoth [WB(2): Ephod], that is, a preestis ouermest clothing, that we cleepen a coope ... The racionale, that is the clooth in the brest of the coope.
Biblical/Hagiographic.
[MED WBible(1) ((Corp-O 4) Ex.25.7) ante 1425]
Sex: Male Use: Ecclesiastical Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s), Waist.
Definite, Biblical Latin, from ancient Hebrew ephod (אֵפוֹד, from 'aphad', to don or put on). Such garments are mentioned several times in the Old Testament (e.g. 2 Samuel 6:14, Judges 8:26-27) and could be made from a variety of materials. A description in Exodus 28:6-14 details an ephod made for the high priest, woven from multicoloured threads and fine linen (byss, q.v.)and upon which the breastplate (rational, q.v.), containing Urim and Thummim, rested.
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