Strong’s H640 · Hebrew
אָפַד
ʼâphad
aw-fad'
Definition
to gird on (the ephod)
Etymology
a primitive root (rather a denominative from H646 (אֵפוֹד));
Where the KJV renders it
- bind
- gird
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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