- Original: אפד - Transliteration: 'aphad - Phonetic: aw-fad' - Definition: 1. (Qal) bind, gird a. to gird on (ephod) b. (TWOT) ephod - Origin: a primitive root [rather a denominative from H646 ] - TWOT entry: 142.1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (rather a denominative from H636 ); to gird on (the ephod): - bind gird. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • bound, 1 Leviticus 8:7 • gird, 1 Exodus 29:5