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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 10 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 - Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the LORD brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. “The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - “ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the LORD must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:3 - Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.
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