- ζύμη
- leaven
- ζύμη
- leaven, ferment
- leaven, ferment, both lit. and met.
- ζύμη
- leaven
- G:N-F
- ζύμη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for חָמֵץ,; שְׂאֹר,Refs
Exo.12:16 13:3 23:18 34:25, Deu.16:3* ;]Refs
Exo.12:16, 19 13:7, Lev.2:11, Deu.16:4
leaven:; τ. ἄρτου, Mat.16:12. Metaph., of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Refs
Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21), for evil:Refs
Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων,Refs
1Co.5:6-8, Gal.5:9(Cremer, 723).†Refs
Mat.16:6, 11, Mrk.8:16, Luk.12:1
(AS)
1) leaven
2) metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect othersLeaven is applied to that which, though small in quantity, yet by its influence thoroughly pervades a thing; either in a good sense as in the parable Mat. 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"
2) metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect othersLeaven is applied to that which, though small in quantity, yet by its influence thoroughly pervades a thing; either in a good sense as in the parable Mat. 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"
ζύμη
zumē
dzoo'-may
Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up)
KJV Usage: leaven.