אֲפִילּוּ, (abbrev. אפי׳) (= אַף אִילּוּ) even if, although, even. Targ. Ps. XIV, 3 (h. text גם); a. e.—R. Hash. 25ᵃ (reading אתם Lev. XXIII, 2; 4; 37 as if אַתֶּם) ‘which ye will proclaim’, אתם אפי׳ וכ׳ ye even if erring in the appointment of the festive calendar &c., i.e. the appointment of the Supreme Court is definite and binding. Ber. 9ᵃ, a. fr. א׳ לרבנן even if following the opinion of &c.; a. v. fr. [Cant. R. end א׳ להחריבו, v. next w.]