ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia   Meaning: gloom  The
name of 2 biblical men, a woman, and a city…    1. One of the
five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4).    2.
The city of Ephah, to which the above man gave his name, is
mentioned Isa. 60:6,7. This city, with its surrounding
territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead
Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judg. 6:5).    3. 1
Chr. 2:46, a concubine of Caleb.    4. 1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant
of Judah.  Ephah, a word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a
grain measure containing “three seahs or ten omers,” and
equivalent to the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17;
Zech. 5:6).  The double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marginal note, “an
ephah and an ephah”), Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one
false and the other just.