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ephah [Hebrew, אֵיפָה]

An ancient Hebrew unit of dry capacity= ¹⁄₁₀ chomer, about 23 liters (21 U.S. dry quarts).

Also romanized as ’êphāh.

It occurs frequently in the Bible, where it is translated as “ephah”.

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The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Ezekiel 45:11

examples: ephah in the Old Testament

Exodus 16:36
Leviticus 5:11, 6:20; 19:36
Ezekiel 45:10, 11, 24; 46:5
Numbers 5:15
Judah 6:19
Ruth 2:17
1 Samuel 1:24, 17:17
Isaiah 5:10
Amos 8:5
Zechariah 5:6-10.