אָפָה aphah

Hebrew word for “to bake” · Strong’s H644 · used 25 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) to bake; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to bake; 1a2) (subst) baker; 1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked

How it is translated

Glosses given for aphah in context, with how often each is used:

• bakers 7
• baker 5
• baked 4
• will bake 4
• will be baked 3
• bake 1
• bakes 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 40 (7), Isaiah 44 (2), Hosea 7 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 16 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 23 (1)

Forms

• האפים 5
• אפה 2
• והאפה 2
• תאפה 2
• האופים 1
• ויאפו 1
• תאפו 1
• אפו 1
• תאפינה 1
• ואפית 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aphah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תַּנּוּר tannur “oven” 4
• מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh “cupbearer” 4
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 5
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 5
• מַצָּה matstsah “unleavened bread” 3
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 4
• סָגַד sagad “to prostrate” 2
• בָּצֵק batseq “dough” 2
• לוּשׁ lush “to knead” 2
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 3
• פָּתַר patar “to interpret” 2
• חָמֵץ chamets “to leaven” 2

Key verses

The verses using aphah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 19:3 — And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they…
• Genesis 40:5 — And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the…
• Genesis 40:20 — And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and…
• Exodus 16:23 — 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…
• Leviticus 6:17 — It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as…
• Leviticus 23:17 — Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the…
• Leviticus 24:5 — And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
• Leviticus 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye…
• Isaiah 44:19 — And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon…
• Jeremiah 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the…
• Ezekiel 46:20 — 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…
• Hosea 7:6 — For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.