Strong G2219ζύμη

leaven

Transliteration
zumē
Pronunciation
dzoo'-may
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up): - leaven.

Detailed definition

ζύμη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for חָמֵץ, Exo.12:16 13:3 23:18 34:25, Deu.16:3; שְׂאֹר, Exo.12:16, 19 13:7, Lev.2:11, Deu.16:4 *;]
leaven: Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21; τ. ἄρτου, Mat.16:12. Metaphorical, of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21), for evil: 1Co.5:6-8, Gal.5:9; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων, Mat.16:6, 11, Mrk.8:16, Luk.12:1 (Cremer, 723).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2219 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • leaven11

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:33
    Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  2. Matthew 16:6
    Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
  3. Matthew 16:11
    How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
  4. Matthew 16:12
    Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
  5. Mark 8:15
    And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
  6. Luke 12:1
    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 leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  7. Luke 13:21
    It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:6
    Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  9. 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:
  10. 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.
  11. Galatians 5:9
    A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ζύμ-η [ῡ], ἡ,
leaven, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 755a18, LXX.Exo.12.15)]; beer-yeast, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 375.27 (2nd c.AD))], etc.: metaphorically, of corruption, falsehood, NT.Matt.16.6, etc. (ζῡ-μᾱ or ζῡσ-μᾱ, cf. Sanskrit yauti 'mix', Sanskrit yūs, Latin jūs 'soup', Lett. jaut 'stir dough', javs 'dough'.)