Strong G106ἄζυμος

unleavened

Transliteration
azumos
Pronunciation
ad'-zoo-mos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G2219; unleavened that is (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neuter plural) specifically (by implication) the Passover week: - unleavened (bread).

Detailed definition

ἄζυμος, -ον
(ζύμη), [in LXX for מָצָּה; τὰ ἄ. (sc. λάγανα, cakes) = הַמָצָּה;]
unleavened: ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἄ. (הַג הַמָצָּה), the paschal feast (also called τὰ ἄ., Mrk.14:1), Luk.22:1; ἡμέρα τῶν ἄ., Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12, Luk.22:7; ἡμέραι, Act.12:3 20:6. Fig., of Christians, free from corruption: 1Co.5:7; exhorted to keep festival, ἐν ἀζύμοις (sc. ἄρτοις, λάγανοις, or, indefinitely, "unleavened elements"), ib. 8 (Cremer, 724).†
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In the Bible

Strong G106 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bread7
  • unleavened2
  • of1

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:17
    Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
  2. Mark 14:1
    After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
  3. Mark 14:12
    And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
  4. Luke 22:1
    Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
  5. Luke 22:7
    Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
  6. Acts 12:3
    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
  7. Acts 20:6
    And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:7
    Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
  9. 1 Corinthians 5:8
    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄζῡμος, ον,
without process of fermentation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74d)]:—of bread, unleavened, ἄρτος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.79, 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “Fragmenta” 117)]; ἄρτους ἀ., ἄζυμα λάγανα, [LXX (LXX.Exo.29.2, LXX.Lev.2.4: _absolutely_, ἄζυμα, τά, LXX.Exo.12.15; τὰ ἄ.)]the feast of unleavened cakes, [NT (NT.Mark.14.1)]; ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀ. [LXX+NT (LXX.2Ch.8.13, +others, NT.Luke.22.1.)]