HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1217
בָּצֵק
ba.tseq — dough
dough (unleavened)
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Dough
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6182
עֲרִיסָה
a.ri.sah — dough
1) dough, meal, coarse meal, kneading trough 1a) meaning uncertain
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9151
σταῖς
stais — dough
flour of spelt mixed and made into dough , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5445
φύραμα
phurama — lump
φύραμα, -τος, τό (φυράω, to mix), [in LXX: Exo.8:3 (Exo.7:28) Exo.12:34 (מִשְׁאֶרֶת), מִשְׁאֶרֶת), Num.15:20-21 (עֲרִיסָה) * ;] that which is mixed or kneaded, a lump: of dough, Rom.11:16, 1Co.5:6-7, Gal.5:9; of clay, Rom.9:21.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3888
לוּשׁ
lush — to knead
(Qal) to knead (dough)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9681
φυράω
phuraō — to mix up
1. to mix flour or meal so as to make it into dough, to knead , (Herdotus Historicus); γῆν φυράσειν φόνῳ to make earth into a bloody paste , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;Pass., οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ πεφυραμένα ἄλφιτα (Thucydides) 2. metaphorically, μαλακὴν φωνὴν φυράσασθαι to make up a soft voice, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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(batsek, meaning “swelling,” i.e., in fermentation). The dough the Israelites had prepared for baking was carried away by them out of Egypt in their kneading-troughs (Ex. 12:34, 39). In the process of baking, the dough had to be turned (Hos. 7:8).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.