Description
Unleavened bread was a thin cracker-like bread resulting from baking the dough quickly before fermentation could cause it to rise.
Usage
When the people of Israel left Egypt in a hurry, they baked their bread quickly before it had time to rise. Such bread became a symbol of their redemption from Egypt and was included as a special feature of the Feast of Passover, which celebrated that redemption. It was also included in some of the sacrificial offerings.
Translation
The phrase “unleavened bread” may be rendered “bread made without yeast” or “bread that does not rise.” Some languages will have to say “bread lacking that which causes it to rise.”
Except for 1CO 5:7; 1CO 5:8, in which the Greek word azumos occurs in a highly figurative passage referring to pure and true life, this term is used exclusively in the New Testament in reference to the Feast of Unleavened Bread.