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Unleavened Bread

מַצּוּת · matstsûwth · H4695

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a seven-day biblical festival immediately associated with Passover.

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Grafted Bible Dictionary

Definition

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a seven-day biblical festival immediately associated with Passover.
During the feast, leaven is removed and unleavened bread is eaten.

Torah Foundation

Key passages include:
• Israel from slavery in Egypt under Torah.">Moses.">Exodus 12:15–20
• Exodus 13:3–10
• Leviticus 23:6–8
• Numbers 28:17–25
• Deuteronomy 16:3–8

Exodus Meaning

Unleavened bread recalls the haste of Israel's departure from Egypt.
Deuteronomy calls it:
"the bread of affliction."

Passover Relationship

Passover and Unleavened Bread are closely connected but technically distinguishable within Torah.
Later biblical and Jewish usage can use the terms in overlapping ways.

Apostolic Writings

Yeshua whose mission focuses especially on proclaiming the gospel among Gentiles.">Paul uses festival imagery in 1 Corinthians 5:
"Let us therefore celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven..."
He uses leaven symbolically for corruption and calls believers toward sincerity and truth.
Editorial source: Grafted Bible Dictionary · Entry 35

Hebrew and Greek Word Study

Hebrew Word Study

מַצּוּת

matstsûwth · H4695

Original Word
מַצּוּת
Transliteration
matstsûwth
Strong’s
H4695
Pronunciation
mats-tsooth'
Meaning
that contended.

Unified Lexical Definition

a quarrel

Related Words

H4695primary lemma

Lexical Sources

STRONG'SStrong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

a quarrel

View original lexicon entry
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    "language": "hebrew",
    "lemma": "מַצּוּת",
    "transliteration": "matstsûwth",
    "pronunciation": "mats-tsooth'",
    "part_of_speech": "",
    "glosses": [
        "that contended."
    ],
    "definitions": [
        "a quarrel"
    ],
    "administrator_commentary": "",
    "source": {
        "dataset": "Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon",
        "provider": "Open Scriptures",
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        "license": "CC BY-SA"
    },
    "version": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-08-05T10:41:39-05:00",
    "strong": "H4695"
}

Hebrew Bible Usage

1 occurrences

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Sources: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Biblical Usage

Concordance and Scripture Usage

1Exact Lemma50Conceptual Relationship
Prophets · 1
Isaiah 41:12Exact Lemma
Related Content6 items

Passover

Passover commemorates God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt.

Exodus

The Exodus is God's deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt under Moses.

Firstfruits

Firstfruits refers to the first portion of a harvest offered to God and, by extension, to the first installment guaranteeing a larger harvest to come.

Leaven

Leaven is a fermenting agent used in bread-making.

Messiah

Messiah means "anointed one." The Greek equivalent is Christos, from which the English title Christ derives.

Redemption

Redemption refers to liberation, release, recovery, or rescue, often involving the payment of a price or the action of a kinsman-redeemer.

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