- Original: אפדּה - Transliteration: 'ephuddah - Phonetic: ay-food-daw' - Definition: 1. ephod a. priestly garment, shoulder-cape or mantle, outer garment 1. worn by an ordinary priest and made of white stuff 2. worn by the high priest - more costly, woven of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and linen threads provided with shoulder-pieces and a breast piece of like material, ornamented with gems and gold b. a metallic covering for idols, a plating over - Origin: from H646 - TWOT entry: 142.1b? - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of H646 ; a girding on (of the ephod); hence generally a plating (of metal): - ephod ornament. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • ephod, 2 Exodus 28:8; Exodus 39:5 • ornament, 1 Isaiah 30:22