ephod
/ˈiː.fɒd/noun
ephod is a noun meaning “A priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-P-H-O-D, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ephod is ephods.
What does ephod mean?
noun
- 1
A priestly vestment, without sleeves, worn girdled at the waist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ephod?
- /ˈiː.fɒd/
- /ˈɛ.fɒd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ephod
- ephods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ephod?
Ephod appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ephod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense apron worn by chief priest of ancient Israel:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ephod come from?
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֵפֹד (ʼēp̄ōḏ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).