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LEAVEN, n. lev'n. L. levo, Eng. to lift.
1. A mass of sour dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough or paste, produces fermentation in it and renders it light. During the seven days of the passover, no leaven was permitted to be in the houses of the Jews. Exodus 12 .
2. Any thing which makes a general change in the mass. It generally means something which corrupts or depraves that with which it is mixed.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew 16 .
LEAVEN, lev'n.
1. To excite fermentation in to raise and make light, as dough or paste.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1 Corinthians 5 .
2. to taint to imbue.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Leaven'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/l/leaven.html.
Entry for 'Leaven'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/l/leaven.html.
