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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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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences14 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 12:15

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Deuteronomy 16:4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 16:4 · retained source text

And there shall bee no leauened bread seene with thee in all thy coasts seuen dayes, neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at Euen, remaine all night, vntill the morning.

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.25.

Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:4 · retained source text

They are al adulterers, as an ouen heated by the baker: who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, vntill it be leauened.

1611 marginal noteOr, the raiser wil cease.

1611 marginal noteOr, from waking.

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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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.

Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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1611 witness · Luke 13:21 · retained source text

It is like leauen, which a woman tooke and hidde in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.

1611 marginal noteSee Mat. 13.33.

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Raised and madelight by fermentation.

volume 2, leaf 49, column 1 (main_dictionary)