Eph"od (?), n. [Heb.
'ēphōd, fr. 'āphad to put on.]
(Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back
and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or
brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a
girdle of the same stuff as the
ephod. The ephod for the
priests was of plain linen; that for the
high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the
ephod in front. Exodus xxviii.
6-12.
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