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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 - Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:6 - “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11 - Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:12 - Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:15 - As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 - Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21 - It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread[fn] of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread[fn] of sincerity and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:9 - This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
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