Reference: Pan
Easton
a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Le 2:5; 6:21; Nu 11:8; 1Sa 2:14, etc.).
The "ash-pans" mentioned in Ex 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Eze 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Ex 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (Ex 25:38; 37:23) and "censers" (Le 10:1; 16:12; Nu 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.
The "frying-pan" mentioned in Le 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling.
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Hastings
Morish
Some of these were made of iron as mentioned in Eze 4:3, and were used for baking cakes, etc. Le 2:5; 1Ch 23:29. The iron plates that were laid on the small ovens, and on which bread and cakes were baked, are probably alluded to.
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Smith
Pan.
Of the six words so rendered in the Authorized Version, two seem to imply a shallow pan or plate, such as is used by the Bedouine and Syrians for baking or dressing rapidly their cakes of meal, such as were used in legal oblations; the others, a deeper vessel or caldron for boiling meat, placed during the process on three stones.