ζύμη zumē

Greek word for “leaven” · Strong’s G2219 · used 13 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ζύμη, -ης, ἡ; leaven:;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zumē in context, with how often each is used:

• leaven 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 16 (3), 1 Corinthians 5 (3), Matthew 13 (1), Mark 8 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 13 (1), Galatians 5 (1)

Forms

• ζύμης 6
• ζύμῃ 4
• ζύμη 2
• ζύμην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zumē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ζυμόω zumoō “to leaven” 4
• προσέχω prosechō “to watch out” 4
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 5
• φύραμα phurama “lump” 3
• Σαδδουκαῖος Saddoukaios “Sadducee” 3
• ὅλος holos “all” 4
• ἐγκρύπτω egkruptō “to mix” 2
• σάτον saton “seah” 2
• ἄλευρον aleuron “flour” 2
• ἄζυμος azumos “unleavened” 2
• παλαιός palaios “old” 2
• ὅμοιος homoios “like” 2

Key verses

The verses using zumē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was…
• Matthew 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
• Matthew 16:11 — How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
• Matthew 16:12 — Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
• Mark 8:15 — And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
• Luke 12:1 — In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his…
• Luke 13:21 — It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
• 1 Corinthians 5:7 — Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
• 1 Corinthians 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• Galatians 5:9 — A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.