lush describes working dough into bread or cakes, whether commanded, performed in food preparation, or mentioned in a baker’s process.

The term consistently concerns the handling of dough in preparation for baked food: it is commanded for making loaves, carried out before cakes or unleavened bread are baked, and named as part of a baker’s process.

1. Preparing dough for baking · dominant

   In Genesis 18:6, the imperative addresses Sarah in a sequence that moves from fine flour to loaves; the APB renders the clause “knead it, and make loaves.” In 1 Samuel 28:24 and 2 Samuel 13:8, sequential imperfect forms occur between taking flour or dough and baking food; the APB renders “kneaded it” before unleavened bread or cakes are made. Jeremiah 7:18 places the feminine plural participle with women making cakes, while Hosea 7:4 refers to the kneading of dough in the baker’s process.

   Genesis 18:61 Samuel 28:242 Samuel 13:8Jeremiah 7:18Hosea 7:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the action with “knead,” “kneaded,” and “kneading of the dough.” These renderings confirm the surrounding food-preparation context rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.