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leavened

Meaning of “leavened”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of leaven, meaning to make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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14 occurrences14 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 12:15

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Matthew 13:33
¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:33 · retained source text

¶ Another parable spake he vnto them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.

1611 marginal noteThe worde in the Greek is a measure conteining about a peck and an halfe, wanting litle more then a pinte.

1611 marginal noteLuke 13.20.

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Raised and madelight by fermentation.

volume 2, leaf 49, column 1 (main_dictionary)