H644 אָפָה (ʼâphâh) aw-faw'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to bake

Strong's Definition

to cook, especially to bake

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: bake(-r, (-meats)).

TWOT Reference: 143

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to bake

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to bake

1a2) (subst) baker

1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָפָה (a.phah) — to bake. 1) to bake 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bake 1a2) (subst) baker 1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אפה (H0644) — אֹפֶה

noun m · מַאֲפֶה

Cooked | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ בשׁל

to bake = causative action by which humans prepare food with dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven

GEN 19:3 · EXO 12:39 · EXO 16:23 · EXO 16:23 · LEV 6:10 · LEV 7:9 · LEV 23:17 · LEV 24:5 · LEV 26:26 · 1SA 28:24 · ISA 44:15 · ISA 44:19 · EZK 46:20

Professions | ≈ טַבָּחָה · רַקָּח

Collocation: אֹפֶה

baker = person who made it his/her profession to bake food

GEN 40:1 · GEN 40:2 · GEN 40:5 · GEN 40:16 · GEN 40:17 · GEN 40:20 · GEN 40:22 · GEN 41:10 · 1SA 8:13 · JER 37:21 · HOS 7:4 · HOS 7:6

¹ HOS 7:6 MT HOTTP-B NJPS | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV אַפְּהֶם "their anger" = אַף

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָפָה âphâh BDB Definition: 1) to bake 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bake 1a2) (substantive) baker 1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 143 Total KJV Occurrences: 26

Bible Occurrences (24)

19:3 40:1 40:2 40:5 40:16 40:17 40:20 40:22 41:10

12:39 16:23

6:17 7:9 23:17 24:5 26:26

8:13 28:24

44:15 44:19

37:21

46:20

7:4 7:6

Genesis 19:3

But [Lot] insisted... so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Genesis 40:1

Some time later......, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers,... the chief cupbearer... and the chief baker,

Genesis 40:5

both of these men — the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison... — had a dream...... on the same... night, and each dream had its own meaning.

Genesis 40:16

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

Genesis 40:17

In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh,... but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.

Genesis 40:20

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday..., he held a feast for all his officials, and in [their presence] he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

Genesis 40:22

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them {in his interpretation}.