Strong's Lexicon

H644

H644 — אָפָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewaphahverbOccurrences: 25TWOT: 143

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H644
Word:	אָפָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	25
Transliteration:	aphah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-faw'
Meaning:	1. to cook, especially to bake
KJV Renderings:	bake(-r, (-meats)).

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אָפָה verb bake (Assyrian êpû , Zim^{BP 43} Aramaic אֲפָא [untranscribed source text 362]) —

Qal Perfect, ׳ א Gen 19:3 אָפִיתִי Isa 44:19 וְאָפו consecutive Lev 26:26 etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix וַתֹּפֵהו 1Sam 28:24 יאֹפו Ezek 46:20 תּאֹפו Exod 16:23 Imperative אֵפו Exod 16:23 Participle אֹפֶה Gen 40:1+; אֹפֵהֶם Hos 7:6 plural אֹפִים Gen 40:16 +; אֹפוֺת 1Sam 8:13, etc. — bake, object לֶחֶם Lev 26:26 ( H ) Isa 44:15 ; Isa 44:19 (compare Jer 37:21); מַצּוֺת Gen 19:3 ( J ) 1Sam 28:24 עֻגוֺת מצות Exod 12:39 ( J ); חַלּוֺת Lev 24:5 ( H ); מִנְחָה Ezek 46:20 מָן Exod 16:23 (twice in verse). ( P ; — c 2nd object of material Exod 12:39 בָּצֵק, Lev 24:5 סֹלֶת, 1Sam 28:24 קֶמַח). Participle always as substantive baker Gen 40:1; Gen 40:2; Gen 40:5; Gen 40:16; Gen 40:17; Gen 40:20; Gen 40:22; Gen 41:10 (all E ) Hos 7:4; Hos 7:6; Jer 37:21 ׳ מִחוּץ הָא out of the bakers' street; also 1Sam 8:13 (|| טַבָּחוֺת, רַקָּחוֺת only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 1Sam 8:13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized.

Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה Lev 6:10; Lev 7:9 3 feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה Lev 23:17 — passive of Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם Lev 23:17 מִנְחָה Lev 7:9 compare Lev 6:10.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אפה (ah-phah’)

Leviticus 24:5

KJV: And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

EHCC: and bake twelve cakes thereof:

Isaiah 44:15

KJV: Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

EHCC: he kindleth (it), and baketh bread ;

Exodus 16:23

KJV: And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

EHCC: bake (that) which ye will bake

Exodus 12:39

KJV: And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

EHCC: And they baked unleavened cakes

Ezekiel 46:20

KJV: Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

EHCC: where they shall bake the meat offering ;

Ezekiel 41:10

KJV: And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

EHCC: (both) me and the chief baker:

Hosea 7:4

KJV: They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.who…: or, the raiser will ceaseraising: or, waking

EHCC: asan oven heated by the baker,