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Lexicon :: Strong's H644 - 'āp̄â

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אָפָה
Transliteration
'āp̄â
Pronunciation
aw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 143

Strong’s Definitions

אָפָה ʼâphâh, aw-faw'; a primitive root; to cook, especially to bake:—bake(-r, (-meats)).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H644 in the following manner: bake (13x), baker (11x), bakemeats (with H4639) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H644 in the following manner: bake (13x), baker (11x), bakemeats (with H4639) (1x).

  1. to bake

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bake

      2. (subst) baker

    2. (Niphal) to be baked, baked

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָפָה ʼâphâh, aw-faw'; a primitive root; to cook, especially to bake:—bake(-r, (-meats)).
STRONGS H644: Abbreviations
† אָפָה verb bake (Assyrian êpû, Zim BP 43 Aramaic axPAe  ) —
Qal Perfect, א׳ Genesis 19:3; אָפִיתִי Isaiah 44:19; וְאָפו consecutive Leviticus 26:26 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתֹּפֵהו 1 Samuel 28:24; יאֹפו Ezekiel 46:20; תּאֹפו Exodus 16:23; Imperative אֵפו Exodus 16:23; Participle אֹפֶה Genesis 40:1+; אֹפֵהֶם Hosea 7:6; plural אֹפִים Genesis 40:16 +; אֹפוֺת 1 Samuel 8:13, etc. — bake, object לֶחֶם Leviticus 26:26 (H) Isaiah 44:15, 19 (compare Jeremiah 37:21); מַצּוֺת Genesis 19:3 (J) 1 Samuel 28:24 עֻגוֺת מצות Exodus 12:39 (J); חַלּוֺת Leviticus 24:5 (H); מִנְחָה Ezekiel 46:20; מָן Exodus 16:23 (twice in verse). (P; — with 2nd object of material Exodus 12:39 בָּצֵק, Leviticus 24:5 סֹלֶת, 1 Samuel 28:24 קֶמַח). Participle always as substantive baker Genesis 40:1, 2, 5, 16, 17, 20, 22; Genesis 41:10 (all E) Hosea 7:4, 6; Jeremiah 37:21 מִחוּץ הָא׳ out of the bakers' street; also 1 Samuel 8:13 (|| טַבָּחוֺת, רַקָּחוֺת only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 1 Samuel 8:13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 7:9; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה Leviticus 23:17; — passive of Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם Leviticus 23:17; מִנְחָה Leviticus 7:9; compare Leviticus 6:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

12:39; 12:39; 16:23; 16:23; 16:23

Leviticus

6:10; 6:10; 7:9; 7:9; 23:17; 23:17; 24:5; 24:5; 26:26; 26:26

1 Samuel

8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 28:24; 28:24; 28:24

Isaiah

44:15; 44:19; 44:19

Jeremiah

37:21; 37:21

Ezekiel

46:20; 46:20

Hosea

7:4; 7:6; 7:6

H644

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Strong's Number H644 matches the Hebrew אָפָה ('āp̄â),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - However, Lot strongly urged them, so they turned aside and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them [with wine], and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 -

Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt’s king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - Pharaoh ([fn]Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 -

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation [of the dream] was good, he said to Joseph, “I also dreamed, and [in my dream] there were three cake baskets on my head;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top basket there were some of all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds [of prey] were eating [these foods] out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 -

Now on the third day, [which was] the Pharaoh’s birthday, he [released the two men from prison and] made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker [that is, presented them in public] among his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - but Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted [the meaning of the dreams] to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “[Two years ago] Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt; it was not leavened, since they were driven [quickly] from Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any food for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He said to them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD’; bake and boil what you will bake and boil [today], and all that remains left over put aside for yourselves to keep until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - ‘It shall not be baked with leaven [which represents corruption or sin]. I have given it as their share of My offerings by fire; it is [fn]most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - ‘Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything that is prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who presents it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - ‘You shall bring in from your places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:5 -

“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes (bread of the Presence, showbread) with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake (loaf).

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - ‘When I break your staff of bread [that is, cut off your supply of food], ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will ration your bread; and you will eat and not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:13 - “He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - The woman had a fattened calf in the house; she quickly killed it, and took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god [from the same wood] and worships it. He makes it into a carved idol [with his own hands] and falls down and worships it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one remembers, nor has knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], “I have burned half of this log in the fire, and also baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. Then I make the rest of it into a repulsive thing [to God]; I bow down [to worship] before a block of wood!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - He said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil (cook) the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer courtyard to transmit holiness to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:4 -

They are all adulterers;

Like the heat of an oven

When the baker ceases to stir the fire, [their passion smolders]

From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 -

As they approach their plotting,

Their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven [while they lie in wait].

Their anger smolders all night;

In the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

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