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Ephor vs Ephod - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ephor and ephod

is that ephor is (historical) one of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various dorian states, especially in ancient sparta, where they oversaw the actions of spartan kings while ephod is (biblical|judaism) a priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the bible in [http://enwikisourceorg/wiki/bible_%28world_english%29/exodus#chapter_28 exodus 28: vi - xxx], which only the chief priest of ancient israel was allowed to wear.

ephor

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(wikipedia ephor)

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*ephori

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
  • *, II.32:
  • *:Agesilaus was fined by the Ephories , because he had drawne the hearts and good wills of al his fellow-citizens unto himselfe alone.
  • *1982 , N. G. L. Hammond, 42: The Peloponnese'', John Boardman, N. G. L. Hammond (editors), ''The Cambridge Ancient History , p.330,
  • *:Originally associated with the social system, the agoge'' (see ''CAH'' III.I2, 742), the ephors''' rose to some constitutional importance when the senior '''ephor''' became the eponymous official of the year in 754, perhaps in connexion with the oaths made at the beginning of the year and renewed each month between the kings and the ' ephors :.
  • *2009 , Stephanie Lynn Budin, The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction , p.197,
  • *:For basic duties, the ephors' convened both the Spartan boulê of kings and elders and the assemblies. In times of war, the ' ephors were responsible for mustering troops, determining what age groups of soldiers would be sent out to battle, and determining how many would be sent.
  • *2011 , Alfred S. Bradford, Leonidas and the Kings of Sparta , p.199,
  • *:Moreover, as he[Cleomenes] was laying his plans, he was given a sign that he had divine sanction—an ephor' told him that he had had a dream in which the ' ephors ’ chairs had been removed and a divine voice told him that this was best for Sparta.

    • ephod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 28, vi-viii,
    • And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
    It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
    And the curious girdle of the ephod , which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 3, iv,
    • For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod , and without teraphim:
  • * 1913 , '', article in ''(Catholic Encyclopedia) ,
    • From this it appears that at least towards the close of the Exile, the Urim'' and ''Thummim were considered as something distinct from the ephod of the high priest and the gems with which it was adorned.

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