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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(raise). Old fermented dough used to lighten
new
dough (
Matt. 13:33
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. (Matthew 13:33)
). Passover
bread
unleavened (
Ex. 12:15-17
15
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.
16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. (Exodus 12:15‑17)
). Corrupt doctrines (
Matt. 16:6
6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:6)
); evil passions (
1 Cor. 5:7-8
7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:7‑8)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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Leaven (Yeast)
This was early used in the fermentation of
bread
. As a symbol it is always used in
scripture
for the working of the human element, whether mind or
flesh
, in the things of
God
, and hence evil. It was strictly forbidden to be
burnt
in any
offering
made by
fire
(
Lev. 2:11
11
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. (Leviticus 2:11)
); but in the
peace
offering, besides the unleavened
cakes
and wafers, the offerer was to present
leavened
bread, which was to be
eaten
(
Lev. 7:12-13
12
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
13
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. (Leviticus 7:12‑13)
;
Lev. 23:17-18
17
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.
18
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the Lord. (Leviticus 23:17‑18)
). Its presence here might seem to suggest an exception to the statement that leaven always signifies that form of evil; but it is not, for the peace offering typifies
worship
, and there, alas, the worshipper is not entirely free from indwelling
sin
. In the
parable
of “the leaven hid in the meal,” it also represents the same evil, which in an insidious way permeates the mass with which it is mixed. The solemn words are added, “till the whole was leavened” (
Luke 13:20-21
20
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (Luke 13:20‑21)
). It is only a too true
similitude
of the
kingdom
of God, for everywhere evil is spreading therein. In
Matthew 16:6-12
6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12
Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:6‑12)
leaven is applied to the
teaching
of the Pharisees and Sadducees. In the
church
, leaven when discovered must be purged out, for “a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (
1 Cor. 5:6-8
6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:6‑8)
); but in the
kingdom
it is represented as working until
all
is leavened (
Matt. 13:33
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. (Matthew 13:33)
). It is then that the King will purge out from His kingdom all that offend and commit iniquity, and cast them into a
furnace
of fire.
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Leavened Bread
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
2219
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
ζύμη
Transliteration:
zume
Phonic:
dzoo’-may
Meaning:
probably from
2204
; ferment (as if boiling up)
KJV Usage:
leaven
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