HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2879
טַבָּחָה
tab.ba.chah — cook
female cook, cook
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Cook
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H784
אֵשׁ
esh — fire
1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: esh (אֶשָּׁא "fire" H0785)
305 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2876
טַבָּח
tab.bach — guard
1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877)
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1310
בָּשַׁל
ba.shal — to boil
1) to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boil, cook 1a2) to grow ripe, ripen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to boil 1b2) to cook 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be boiled 1c2) to be sodden 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to ripen 1d2) ripen, brought to ripeness
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3795
ὀψάριον
opsarion — fish
ὀψάριον, -ου, τό (dimin. of ὄψον, (1) cooked meat; (2) a relish or dainty, esp. fish, cf. MGr. τὸ ψάρι, fish; in comic poets and late prose writers only) [in LXX: Tob.2:2 א (Β, ὄψον)* ;] fish: Jhn.6:9, 11 21:9-10, 13 † (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4839
מָרָק
ma.raq — broth
broth, juice cooked from meat
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1311
בָּשֵׁל
ba.shel — cooked
cooked, boiled
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4371
προσφάγιον
prosphagion — fish
προσφάγιον, -ου, τό (φαγεῖν), Hellenistic for ὄψον ὀψάριον) a relish or dainty (esp, cooked fish), to be eaten with bread: Jhn.21:5 (have ye taken any fish, Field, Notes, 109; Abbott, Essays, 105; cf. M, Pr., 170n; MM, Exp., xxi).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3600
כִּיר
kir — stove
stove, range, cooking furnace
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6745
צֵלָחָה
tse.la.chah — pot
cooking pot, pot
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8601
תֻּפִינִים
tu.phin — baked
1) broken piece, baked pieces, pieces cooked 1a) meaning uncertain
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20477
εὔοπτος
euoptos — well-cooked
well-cooked
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20649
μαγειρευτικός
mageireutikos — cooking
cooking
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20651
μάγιν
magin — cooking
cooking
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7582
ἑφθός
hephthos — cooked
1. boiled, dressed , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. ἑφθὸς χρυσός refined gold, (Simonides Lyricus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8218
μαγειρεῖον
mageireion — a cooking place
1. a cook-shop , Lat. popina, (Aristotle Philosopher) 2. the place where the public cooks lived, the cooks' quarter , (Theophrastus Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8219
μαγειρεύω
mageireuō — to cut up meat
1. to be a cook, to cook meat , (Theophrastus Philosophus) 2. to be a butcher , (Babrius Fabularum Scriptor) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8220
μαγείρισσα
mageirissa — a female cook
a female cook
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8221
μάγειρος
mageiros — a male cook
1. a cook , (Herdotus Historicus), attic 2. a butcher , (Euripides) (From ! μαγ, Root of μάσσω ( q. see.), because baking bread was the business of the ancient cook.) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8541
ὀπτάω
optaō — to bake
1. to roast, broil , (Homer), etc.; with genitive partitive, ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν to roast some meat, (Odyssey by Homer):—; ὀπτᾶν was used of cooking by means of fire or dry heat , opposite to ἕψω to boil in water , which never appears in (Homer); and a [variant datesComica Adespota poet remarks that Homer's heroes ate only roast meat:—;Pass., aor1 infinitive ὀπτηθῆναι (Odyssey by Homer) 2. to bake bread, (Herdotus Historicus):—;also of bricks or pottery, to bake, burn , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. to bake, harden , of the sun, (Bion Bucolicus) 4. metaphorically in Pass. to be burned by love, [Refs 3rd c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8578
ὄψον
opson — fish
1. properly, cooked meat , or, generally, meat , opposite to bread and other provisions, (Homer) 2. anything eaten with bread or food , to give it flavour and relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄψον onions, a zest or relish to wine, (Iliad by Homer); ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄψον (Xenophon Historicus) 3. seasoning, sauce , (Plato Philosophus); κολλύραν καὶ κόνδυλον ὄψον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle- sauce withal, (Aristophanes Comicus); λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε, i. e. "hunger is the best sauce," (Xenophon Historicus) 4. generally, dainty fare , in plural dainties , (Plato Philosophus) 5. at Athens, mostly, fish , the chief dainty of the Athenians, (Aristophanes Comicus) 6. the fish-market , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8711
πέπων
pepōn — a melon
1. of fruit, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow , Lat. mitis, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. metaphorically in vocative, mostly as a term of endearment, kind, gentle , ὦ πέπον my good friend , (Iliad by Homer); κριὲ πέπον my pet ram, (Odyssey by Homer);—; in bad sense, soft, weak , (Iliad by Homer); ὦ πέπονες ye weaklings , (Iliad by Homer): —; μόχθος πέπων softened pain, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.: with dative, ἐχθροῖς π. gentle to one's foes, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8778
πέσσω
pessō — to bake
1. to soften, ripen or change , by means of heat: 2. of the sun, to ripen fruit, (Odyssey by Homer); compare πεπαίνω. 3. by the action of fire, to cook, dress, bake , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., (Herdotus Historicus):—;Mid., πέσσεσθαι πέμματα to cook oneself cakes, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. of the stomach, to digest , like Lat. concoquere, (Aristotle Philosopher) 5. metaphorically, χόλον πέσσειν to cherish or nurse one's wrath, Lat. fovere, (Iliad by Homer); βέλος πέσσειν to have a dart in one to nurse , (Iliad by Homer); but in good sense, γέρα πεσσέμεν to enjoy them, (Iliad by Homer); also, ἀκίνδυνον αἰῶνα πέσσειν to lead a sodden life of ease, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9670
φρύγω
phrugō — to parch
1. to roast or fry , (Aristophanes Comicus); ἐρετμοῖσι φρύξουσι they shall cook with the [wood of] the oars, (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus):—;Pass., πεφρυγμέναι κριθαί roasted barley, (Thucydides) 2. of the sun, to parch , Lat. torrere, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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A person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals, as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23). No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).
Scripture references
Genesis 18:2-6Judges 6:19Genesis 27:3Genesis 27:4Genesis 27:9Genesis 27:101 Samuel 8:131 Samuel 9:23Genesis 18:7Luke 15:23Exodus 12:8Exodus 12:92 Chronicles 35:13Leviticus 8:31Exodus 16:23Exodus 35:3
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.