KJV dictionary & concordance
Third-person singular present form of leaven, meaning to make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 5:6
Complete exact-word concordance
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?
1611 marginal noteGal. 5.9.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe.
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