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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned[fn] his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up before the LORD as a special offering. Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the LORD from the first of your crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:5 - “You must bake twelve loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts[fn] of flour for each loaf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:13 - The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - The woman had been fattening a calf, so she hurried out and killed it. She took some flour, kneaded it into dough and baked unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then he uses part of the wood to make a fire.
With it he warms himself and bakes his bread.
Then—yes, it’s true—he takes the rest of it
and makes himself a god to worship!
He makes an idol
and bows down in front of it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it’s just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:4 - They are all adulterers,
always aflame with lust.
They are like an oven that is kept hot
while the baker is kneading the dough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 - Their hearts are like an oven
blazing with intrigue.
Their plot smolders[fn] through the night,
and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.
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