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leaven

Meaning of “leaven”

Sense 1: Fermented dough used to make other dough rise; figuratively, a spreading influence. Sense 2: To make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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23 occurrences20 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:15

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Exodus 12:15
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Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:15 · retained source text

Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleauened bread, euen the first day yee shall put away leauen out of your houses: For whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, from the first day vntil the seuenth day, that soule shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:19
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Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:19 · retained source text

Seuen dayes shall there bee no leauen found in your houses: for whosoeuer eateth that which is leauened, euen that soule shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or borne in the land.

Exodus 13:7
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Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 13:7 · retained source text

Unleauened bread shall be eaten seuen dayes: and there shall no leauened bread bee seene with thee: neither shall there be leauen seene with thee in all thy quarters.

Exodus 34:25
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:25 · retained source text

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the morning.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.18.

Complete reference index — all 20 verses
Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:19Exodus 13:7Exodus 34:25Leviticus 2:11Leviticus 6:17Leviticus 10:12Leviticus 23:17Amos 4:5Matthew 13:33Matthew 16:6Matthew 16:11Matthew 16:12Mark 8:15Luke 12:1Luke 13:211 Corinthians 5:61 Corinthians 5:71 Corinthians 5:8Galatians 5:9

Where “leaven” appears

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Exodus4 occurrences
4 versesLeviticus5 occurrences
4 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew4 occurrences
4 versesMark2 occurrences
1 verseLuke2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians4 occurrences
3 versesGalatians1 occurrence
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