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Lexicon :: Strong's G2219 - zymē

Aa
ζύμη
Transliteration
zymē (Key)
Pronunciation
dzoo'-may
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ζέω (G2204)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:902,302

Strong’s Definitions

ζύμη zýmē, dzoo'-may; probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up):—leaven.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G2219 in the following manner: leaven (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G2219 in the following manner: leaven (13x).

  1. leaven

  2. metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others

    Leaven is applied to that substance which is small in quantity, yet thoroughly pervades a thing by its influence. The NT uses it in both a positive (cf. Mat 13:33) or negative sense (e.g., "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump").
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζύμη zýmē, dzoo'-may; probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up):—leaven.
STRONGS G2219:
ζύμη, -ης, ἡ, (ζέω [but cf. Curtius, p. 626f; Vanicek, p. 760]), leaven: Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21, (Exodus 12:15; Leviticus 2:11; Deuteronomy 16:3, etc.; Aristotle, gen. an. 3, 4; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 10, 6; Plutarch, mor., p. 289f [quaest. Rom. 109]); τοῦ ἄρτου, Matthew 16:12; metaphorically, of inveterate mental and moral corruption, 1 Corinthians 5:8 [1 Corinthians 5:7], (Ignatius ad Magnes. 10); viewed in its tendency to infect others, ζύμη τῶν Φαρισαίων: Matthew 16:6, 11; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1, which figuratively Matthew 16:12 explains of the teaching of the Pharisees, Luke, the passage cited more correctly [definitely?] of their hypocrisy. It 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 Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21, (see ζυμόω); or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, as in the proverb μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ, a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, which is used variously, according to the various things to which it is applied, namely a single sin corrupts a whole church, 1 Corinthians 5:6; a slight inclination to error (respecting the necessity of circumcision) easily perverts the whole conception of faith, Galatians 5:9; but many interpretations explain the passage 'even a few false teachers lead the whole church into error.'
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12:15
Leviticus
2:11
Deuteronomy
16:3
Matthew
13:33; 13:33; 16:6; 16:11; 16:12; 16:12
Mark
8:15
Luke
12:1; 13:21; 13:21
1 Corinthians
5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8
Galatians
5:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2219 matches the Greek ζύμη (zymē),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:6 - And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11 - How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:12 - Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:15 - And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 - At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21 - It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:9 - A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
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