What does אָפָה mean in the Bible?
אָפָה is a Hebrew word meaning "to cook , especially to bake".
Hebrew · H644
אָפָה
To cook , especially to bake
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אָפָה H644
What does אָפָה mean in the Bible?
אָפָה is a Hebrew word meaning "to cook , especially to bake".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H644?
The BSB source-word alignment has 25 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include baker (5), baked (3), and baked (2), and baker (2), and bake (1).
Where does אָפָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (9), Leviticus (5), Exodus (3), 1 Samuel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It baker 5× Genesis 40:2, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:20, Genesis 40:22
baked 3× Genesis 40:17, Leviticus 23:17, Isaiah 44:19
and baked 2× Genesis 19:3, 1 Samuel 28:24
and baker 2× Genesis 40:1, Genesis 40:5
and bake 1× Leviticus 24:5
and bakers 1× 1 Samuel 8:13
and bakes 1× Isaiah 44:15
bake 1× Exodus 16:23
be baked 1× Leviticus 6:17
by a baker 1× Hosea 7:4
is baked 1× Leviticus 7:9
of the bakers 1× Jeremiah 37:21
the people baked 1× Exodus 12:39
their anger 1× Hosea 7:6
they shall bake 1× Ezekiel 46:20
will bake 1× Leviticus 26:26
you want to bake 1× Exodus 16:23
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:3 אָפָ֖ה to and baked Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 40:1 וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה to and baker Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Genesis 40:2 הָאוֹפִֽים׃ to baker Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Genesis 40:5 וְהָאֹפֶ֗ה to and baker Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Genesis 40:16 הָאֹפִ֖ים to baker Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Genesis 40:17 אֹפֶ֑ה to baked Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Genesis 40:20 הָאֹפִ֖ים to baker Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Genesis 40:22 הָאֹפִ֖ים to baker Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Genesis 41:10 הָאֹפִֽים׃ to baker Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Exodus 12:39 וַיֹּאפ֨וּ to the people baked Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 19:3
Aligned rows 25
Books represented 8
Genesis 9 Exodus 3 Leviticus 5 1 Samuel 2 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 1 Hosea 2
Source forms
הָאֹפִ֖ים 3x hā·’ō·p̄îm Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:20, Genesis 40:22
אָפָ֖ה 1x ’ā·p̄āh Genesis 19:3
אֹפֶ֑ה 1x ’ō·p̄eh Genesis 40:17
אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם 1x ’ō·p̄ê·hem Hosea 7:6
אֵפ֗וּ 1x ’ê·p̄ū Exodus 16:23
אָפִ֤יתִי 1x ’ā·p̄î·ṯî Isaiah 44:19
הָאוֹפִֽים׃ 1x hā·’ō·w·p̄îm Genesis 40:2
הָאֹפִ֔ים 1x hā·’ō·p̄îm Jeremiah 37:21
Parsing patterns
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 6x Genesis 40:2, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:20, Genesis 40:22
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 2x Genesis 40:1, Genesis 40:5
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 2x Leviticus 6:17, Leviticus 7:9
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular 1x Leviticus 24:5
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 1x Leviticus 26:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 44:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 28:24
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Exodus 12:39
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to cook , especially to bake
Source Gloss
to cook , especially to bake
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to cook, especially to bake BDB: bake Usage: bake(-r, (-meats)).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 9
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 3×
Imperfect Lev 6:10 · Lev 7:9 · Lev 23:17 3×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 6×
Imperfect Exod 16:23 · Ezek 46:20 2×
Perfect Gen 19:3 · Isa 44:19 2×
Sequential imperfect Exod 16:23 1×
Participle active Gen 40:17 1×
Word Origins
אָפָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain