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Strong's G2219 · Greek

ζύμη

zume · dzoo'-may

probably from 2204; ferment (as if boiling up)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ζύμη (G2219)

13 ζύμη , -ης, ἡ , [in LXX for חָמֵץ , Ex 12:15 13:3 23:18 34:25 , De 16:3 ; שְׂאֹר , Ex 12:15 , 19 13:7 , Le 2:11 , De 16:4 *;] leaven : Mt 13:33 , Lk 13:21 ; τ. ἄρτου , Mt 16:12 . Metaph., of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven ( Mt 13:33 , Lk 13:21 ), for evil: I Co 5:6-8 , Ga 5:9 ; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων , Mt 16:6 , 11 , Mk 8:15 , Lk 12:1 (Cremer, 723).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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