epexegetical

[Gr. epi, and Eng. exe getical (q. v.).] Of the nature of an epexegesis; explanatory of something which has gone before; exegetical. IMG:content-1063.jpg:[blocks in formation] capacity.] Weights and Measures: A measure of capacity among the Jews, containing ten omers (Exod. xvi. barley, . (Judg. vi. 19; Ruth ii. 17.) It was the 36). It was used for measuring such goods as flour, same in capacity as the bath, but the latter was for liquids (Ezek. xlv. 10, 11, 14). Calculations made from some statements of Joseph us, give the ephah a capacity of 1985-77 cubic inches. "And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour." -Judges vi. 19. ě-phê-bē, s . [Gr. ephebos =a kind of cup.] Bot.: A genus of Lichens, the typical one of the family Ephebidæ.