SHOULDER-PIECE

shol'-der-pes (katheph): The word designates the two straps or pieces of cloth which passed from the back of the ephod (see EPHOD) of the high priest over the shoulder and were fastened at the front. These shoulder-pieces seem to have been made of a precious texture of linen (or byssos) with threads of gold, blue, purple and scarlet, to which two onyx (or beryl) stones were attached bearing the names of six tribes of Israel each. These are called the "stones of memorial" (Exodus 39:18). On these straps there were also fastened the plaited or woven bands ("wreathed chains") from which, by means of two golden rings, the breastplate was suspended. It is by no means clear from the descriptions (Exodus 28:7, 12, 25; Exodus 39:4, 7, 18, 20) how we have to imagine the form and attachment of these shoulder-pieces. It has been thought that the ephod might be of Egyptian origin, which is not very probable, though V. Ancessi, Annales de philosophie chretienne, 1872, 45;, reproduces some representations from the great work of Lepsius, Denkmaler, where costly royal garments have two shoulder straps, like the ephod. Usually Egyptian garments have no shoulder strap, or at most one.

H. L. E. Luering

3802. katheph -- shoulder, shoulder blade, side
... arm, corner, shoulderpiece, side. ... garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral
projection of anything -- arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter ...
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646. ephod -- an ephod
... Rarely oephod {ay-fode'}; probably of foreign derivation; a girdle; specifically
the ephod or high-priest's shoulder- piece; also generally, an image -- ephod. ...
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Shoulderpiece
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHOULDER-PIECE. shol'-der-pes (katheph):
The word designates the two straps or pieces of cloth which ...
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Shoulder-piece
Shoulder-piece. Shoulderpiece, Shoulder-piece. Shoulderpieces . Int. ... HLE Luering.
Shoulderpiece, Shoulder-piece. Shoulderpieces . Reference Bible.
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Shoulderpieces (4 Occurrences)

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Shoulder-blade (1 Occurrence)
Shoulder-blade. Shoulderblade, Shoulder-blade. Shoulderpiece . Int. ... (See JPS
ASV DBY WBS). Shoulderblade, Shoulder-blade. Shoulderpiece . Reference Bible
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Shoulder (72 Occurrences)
... 31:35 f). The Hebrew word katheph comes very close in meaning to the above, though
it is occasionally used in the sense of arm-piece and shoulder-piece of a ...
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Shoulder-Piece

Shoulder-piece

Shoulderpieces (4 Occurrences)

Shoulder-blade (1 Occurrence)

Shoulder (72 Occurrences)

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