Ĕph'od, n.

(ĕf'od), n. [Heb. ēphōd, from āphad, to put on.] (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit, being a kind of girdle, which was brought from behind the neck over the shoulders, and, hanging down before, was put across the stomach, then carried round the waist, and serving as a girdle to the tunic. There were two sorts; one of plain linen, the other embroidered, for the high priest, and bearing on the front two precious stones, on which were engraven the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Calmet.