אָפַד
afad · fasten (the ephod)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H640 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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afad (אָפַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fasten (the ephod)”.
Gird, fasten the ephod to the body.
How to say it
a·fad
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To fasten the ephod to the body with its band.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bound it ×1
- gird ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 29:5
You shall take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the woven band of the ephod.
- Leviticus 8:7
He put on him the tunic, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, put on him the ephod, and girded him with the band of the ephod, and bound it to him with it.