ephod

Ee´fod

The most prominent of the elaborate Aaronite garments described in the tabernacle texts (Exod 28; Exod 39); it designates the only article of priestly apparel that plays a significant role in texts other than the priestly writings contained in the Pentateuch. A “linen” ephod appears in stories of Samuel (1Sam 2:18; 1Sam 22:18) and David (2Sam 6:14; 1Chr 15:27), and an ephod linked with teraphim is found in Judg 17-18 (Hos 3:4; Isa 30:22).