644. aphah
Lexicon
aphah: To bake

Original Word: אָפָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: aphah
Pronunciation: ah-fah'
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-faw')
Definition: To bake
Meaning: to cook, to bake

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
baker, meats

A primitive root; to cook, especially to bake -- bake(-r, (-meats)).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to bake
NASB Translation
anger (1), bake (6), baked (8), baker (8), bakers (1), bakers' (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אָפָה verb bake (Assyrian êpû, Zim BP 43 Aramaic אֲפָא ) —

Qal Perfect, ׳א Genesis 19:3; אָפִיתִי Isaiah 44:19; וְאָפו consecutive Leviticus 26:26 etc.; Imperfect3feminine singular suffix וַתֹּפֵהו1Samuel 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 לֶחֶםLeviticus 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; — c 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`al Imperfect3feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 7:9; 3feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה Leviticus 23:17; — passive of

Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם Leviticus 23:17; מִנְחָה Leviticus 7:9; compare Leviticus 6:10.

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The corresponding Greek entry in Strong's Concordance is G4160 (ποιέω, poieō), which broadly means "to make" or "to do." While not a direct translation of the specific act of baking, ποιέω encompasses a wide range of activities, including the preparation of food. In the New Testament, this term is used in various contexts, such as in the Lord's Prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11), where the provision and preparation of food are implied.

Usage: The verb אָפָה (ʾāphâ) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the process of baking or cooking, particularly in the context of preparing bread or cakes. It is a common activity in domestic settings and is often associated with the preparation of offerings or meals.

Context: The Hebrew verb אָפָה (ʾāphâ) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, primarily related to the preparation of food. This term is used to describe the act of baking bread, a staple in ancient Near Eastern diets. The process of baking was typically carried out by women in the household, as seen in Genesis 18:6, where Sarah is instructed to bake bread for the visiting angels. The verb also appears in Leviticus 26:26, where it is used in the context of scarcity and rationing of bread during times of judgment: "When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out the bread by weight, so you will eat but not be satisfied."

In 1 Samuel 8:13, the term is used to describe the duties of daughters who would be taken by the king to serve as bakers: "He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers." This highlights the societal role of baking as a domestic and sometimes servile task. The act of baking is also mentioned in the context of religious offerings, as in Leviticus 2:4, where baked goods are part of the grain offerings presented to the Lord: "Now if you bring a grain offering of baked goods from the oven, it must consist of fine flour, unleavened loaves mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil."

The verb אָפָה (ʾāphâ) thus encapsulates both the mundane and the sacred aspects of daily life in ancient Israel, reflecting the importance of bread as both sustenance and a component of worship.

Forms and Transliterations
אֵפ֗וּ אָפִ֤יתִי אָפָ֖ה אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם אֹפֶ֑ה אפה אפהם אפו אפיתי הָאֹפִ֔ים הָאֹפִ֖ים הָאֹפִֽים׃ הָאוֹפִֽים׃ האופים׃ האפים האפים׃ וְ֠אָפוּ וְאָ֣פָה וְאָפִיתָ֣ וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה וְהָאֹפֶ֗ה וַיֹּאפ֨וּ וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּ וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃ ואפה ואפו ואפית והאפה ויאפו ולאפות׃ ותפהו יֹאפוּ֙ יאפו מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה מאפה תֵּֽאָפֶה֙ תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה תֵאָפֶה֙ תֹּאפ֞וּ תאפה תאפו תאפינה ’ā·p̄āh ’ā·p̄î·ṯî ’āp̄āh ’āp̄îṯî ’ê·p̄ū ’êp̄ū ’ō·p̄ê·hem ’ō·p̄eh ’ōp̄eh ’ōp̄êhem aFah aFiti eFu hā’ōp̄îm hā’ōwp̄îm hā·’ō·p̄îm hā·’ō·w·p̄îm haoFim mê’ōp̄eh mê·’ō·p̄eh meoPeh ofeHem oPeh tê’āp̄eh ṯê’āp̄eh tê’āp̄enāh tê·’ā·p̄e·nāh tê·’ā·p̄eh ṯê·’ā·p̄eh teaFeinah teaPeh tō·p̄ū toFu tōp̄ū ū·lə·’ō·p̄ō·wṯ ūlə’ōp̄ōwṯ uleoFot vaiyoFu vattoFehu veAfah veafiTa Veafu vehaoPeh wat·tō·p̄ê·hū wattōp̄êhū way·yō·p̄ū wayyōp̄ū wə’āp̄āh wə’āp̄îṯā wə’āp̄ū wə·’ā·p̄āh wə·’ā·p̄î·ṯā wə·’ā·p̄ū wə·hā·’ō·p̄eh wəhā’ōp̄eh yō·p̄ū yoFu yōp̄ū
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Genesis 19:3
HEB: מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה וּמַצּ֥וֹת אָפָ֖ה וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread,
KJV: them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread,
INT: A feast unleavened and baked ate

Genesis 40:1
HEB: מֶֽלֶךְ־ מִצְרַ֖יִם וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם לְמֶ֥לֶךְ
NAS: the cupbearer and the baker for the king
KJV: of Egypt and [his] baker had offended
INT: the king of Egypt and the baker their lord the king

Genesis 40:2
HEB: וְעַ֖ל שַׂ֥ר הָאוֹפִֽים׃
NAS: cupbearer and the chief baker.
KJV: and against the chief of the bakers.
INT: and and the chief baker

Genesis 40:5
HEB: חֲלֹמ֑וֹ הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣ה וְהָאֹפֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king
KJV: the butler and the baker of the king
INT: dream the cupbearer and the baker who the king

Genesis 40:16
HEB: וַיַּ֥רְא שַׂר־ הָאֹפִ֖ים כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב
NAS: When the chief baker saw
KJV: When the chief baker saw
INT: saw the chief baker for favorably

Genesis 40:17
HEB: פַּרְעֹ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹפֶ֑ה וְהָע֗וֹף אֹכֵ֥ל
NAS: of all sorts of baked food
INT: Pharaoh act of baked and the birds were eating

Genesis 40:20
HEB: רֹ֛אשׁ שַׂ֥ר הָאֹפִ֖ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲבָדָֽיו׃
NAS: of the chief baker among
KJV: and of the chief baker among
INT: and the head of the chief baker among his servants

Genesis 40:22
HEB: וְאֵ֛ת שַׂ֥ר הָאֹפִ֖ים תָּלָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: the chief baker, just
KJV: the chief baker: as Joseph
INT: the chief baker hanged after

Genesis 41:10
HEB: וְאֵ֖ת שַׂ֥ר הָאֹפִֽים׃
NAS: [both] me and the chief baker.
KJV: house, [both] me and the chief baker:
INT: of the bodyguard and the chief baker

Exodus 12:39
HEB: וַיֹּאפ֨וּ אֶת־ הַבָּצֵ֜ק
NAS: They baked the dough which
KJV: And they baked unleavened cakes
INT: baked the dough which

Exodus 16:23
HEB: אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־ תֹּאפ֞וּ אֵפ֗וּ וְאֵ֤ת
NAS: to the LORD. Bake what
KJV: unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake
INT: Tomorrow what Bake will bake what

Exodus 16:23
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ תֹּאפ֞וּ אֵפ֗וּ וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר־
NAS: Bake what you will bake and boil what
KJV: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe
INT: what Bake will bake what and boil

Leviticus 6:17
HEB: לֹ֤א תֵאָפֶה֙ חָמֵ֔ץ חֶלְקָ֛ם
NAS: It shall not be baked with leaven.
KJV: It shall not be baken with leaven.
INT: not shall not be baked leaven as their share

Leviticus 7:9
HEB: מִנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תֵּֽאָפֶה֙ בַּתַּנּ֔וּר וְכָל־
NAS: grain offering that is baked in the oven
KJV: And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven,
INT: offering is baked the oven and everything

Leviticus 23:17
HEB: תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה חָמֵ֖ץ תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַֽיהוָֽה׃
NAS: [of an] [ephah]; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven
KJV: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven;
INT: become leaven baked first to the LORD

Leviticus 24:5
HEB: וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ סֹ֔לֶת וְאָפִיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔הּ שְׁתֵּ֥ים
NAS: fine flour and bake twelve
KJV: fine flour, and bake twelve
INT: shall take fine and bake thereof two

Leviticus 26:26
HEB: מַטֵּה־ לֶחֶם֒ וְ֠אָפוּ עֶ֣שֶׂר נָשִׁ֤ים
NAS: ten women will bake your bread in one
KJV: ten women shall bake your bread in one
INT: your staff of bread will bake ten women

1 Samuel 8:13
HEB: לְרַקָּח֥וֹת וּלְטַבָּח֖וֹת וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃
NAS: for perfumers and cooks and bakers.
KJV: and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
INT: perfumers and cooks and bakers

1 Samuel 28:24
HEB: קֶ֣מַח וַתָּ֔לָשׁ וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּ מַצּֽוֹת׃
NAS: kneaded it and baked unleavened bread
KJV: and kneaded [it], and did bake unleavened bread
INT: flour kneaded and baked unleavened

Isaiah 44:15
HEB: אַף־ יַשִּׂ֖יק וְאָ֣פָה לָ֑חֶם אַף־
NAS: makes a fire to bake bread.
KJV: himself; yea, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread;
INT: also kindleth to bake bread also

Isaiah 44:19
HEB: אֵ֗שׁ וְ֠אַף אָפִ֤יתִי עַל־ גֶּחָלָיו֙
NAS: and also have baked bread
KJV: the fire; yea, also I have baked bread
INT: the fire and also have baked over coals

Jeremiah 37:21
HEB: לַיּוֹם֙ מִח֣וּץ הָאֹפִ֔ים עַד־ תֹּ֥ם
NAS: daily from the bakers' street,
KJV: of bread out of the bakers' street,
INT: daily street the bakers' until was gone

Ezekiel 46:20
HEB: הַחַטָּ֑את אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֹאפוּ֙ אֶת־ הַמִּנְחָ֔ה
NAS: [and] where they shall bake the grain offering,
KJV: and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering;
INT: and the sin where shall bake offering may not

Hosea 7:4
HEB: תַנּ֔וּר בֹּעֵ֖רָה מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת מֵעִ֔יר
NAS: heated by the baker Who ceases
KJV: heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth
INT: an oven heated the baker ceases to stir

Hosea 7:6
HEB: הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר ה֥וּא
NAS: their plotting; Their anger smolders
KJV: whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth
INT: night grow old their anger the morning it

25 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 644
25 Occurrences


’ā·p̄āh — 1 Occ.
’ā·p̄î·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’ê·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
hā·’ō·w·p̄îm — 6 Occ.
mê·’ō·p̄eh — 1 Occ.
’ō·p̄ê·hem — 1 Occ.
’ō·p̄eh — 1 Occ.
tê·’ā·p̄e·nāh — 1 Occ.
ṯê·’ā·p̄eh — 2 Occ.
tō·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·’ō·p̄ō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
way·yō·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
wat·tō·p̄ê·hū — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·p̄āh — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·p̄î·ṯā — 1 Occ.
wə·’ā·p̄ū — 1 Occ.
wə·hā·’ō·p̄eh — 2 Occ.
yō·p̄ū — 1 Occ.















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