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Lexicon :: Strong's G2219 - zymē

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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 Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 -

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like [fn]leaven, which a woman took and worked into three [fn]measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:6 - Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against the [fn]leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11 - “How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:12 - Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the [false] teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:15 - Jesus repeatedly ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the [fn]leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 -

In the meantime, after so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were stepping on one another, Jesus began speaking first of all to His disciples, “Be continually on your guard against the [fn]leaven of the Pharisees [that is, their pervasive, corrupting influence and teaching], which is hypocrisy [producing self-righteousness].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21 - “It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three peck measures of flour until it was all leavened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 -

Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. [fn]Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - [fn]Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, just as you are, still unleavened. For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and [untainted] truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:9 - A little [fn]leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].
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