1 Corinthians 5:6
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
καύχησις
kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
שְׂאֹר
sᵉʼôr
barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Key Terms in This Verse
καύχησις kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Study G2746 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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.
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
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