Galatians 5:9
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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
כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →Cross References
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the lea...
It is like 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;
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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