1 Samuel 2:18

Girded with a linen ephod - This the Targum translates דבוץ כרדוט אסיר asir cardut debuts , "Girded with a cardit of byssus, or fine linen." The word cardut they seem to have borrowed from the Greek χειριδωτος , a tunic, having χειριδας , i.e., sleeves that came down to, or covered, the hands. This was esteemed an effeminate garment among the Romans. See Buxtorf's Talmudic Lexicon.