King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H644
Transliteration: aphah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-faw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bake
Meaning: to cook, to bake
Word Summary
aphah: to bake
Original Word: אָפָהTransliteration: aphah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-faw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bake
Meaning: to cook, to bake
Strong's Concordance
baker, meats A primitive root; to cook, especially to bake -- bake(-r, (-meats)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H644. aphah
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 וַתֹּפֵהו1 Samuel 28:24; יאֹפו Ezekiel 46:20; תּאֹפו Exodus 16:23; Imperative אֵפו 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 מצות עֻגוֺת 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 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; 41:10 (all E) Hosea 7:4, 6; Jeremiah 37:21 הָא ׳מִחוּץ out of the bakers' street; also 1 Samuel 8:13 ("" רַקָּחוֺת טַבָּחוֺת, only here feminine) Nowhere as a menial office, not even 8:13 where despotic power & growth of court emphasized.
Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular תֵּאָפֶה Leviticus 6:10; 7:9; 3feminine plural תֵּאָפֶינָה 23:17; — passive of
Qal be baked, baken of לֶחֶם Leviticus 23:17; מִנְחָה 7:9; compare 6:10.