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Ephah @ gloom.

(1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham kjv@Genesis:25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned kjv@Isaiah:60:6-7. This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels kjv@Judges:6:5).

(2.) kjv@1Chronicles:2:46, a concubine of Caleb.

(3.) kjv@1Chronicles:2:47, a descendant of Judah. Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to the bath for liquids kjv@Exodus:16:36; kjv@1Samuel:17:17; kjv@Zechariah:5:6). The double ephah in kjv@Proverbs:20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"), kjv@Deuteronomy:25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.