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Strong H2557H2557Aחָמֵץ

leaven

One of the 2 senses of Strong H2557

Transliteration
châmêts
Pronunciation
khaw-mates'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H2556; {ferment} (figuratively) extortion: - {leaven} leavened (bread).

Detailed definition

the thing leavened, leaven

In the Bible

Strong H2557A appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • leaven9
  • bread2

First verses

  1. Exodus 12:15
    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.
  2. Exodus 13:3
    And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
  3. Exodus 13:7
    Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
  4. Exodus 23:18
    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
  5. Exodus 34:25
    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
  6. Leviticus 2:11
    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.
  7. Leviticus 6:17
    It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
  8. Leviticus 7:13
    Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
  9. Leviticus 23:17
    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.
  10. Deuteronomy 16:3
    Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
  11. Amos 4:5
    And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
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