2219. zumé

Strong's Lexicon

zumé: Leaven

Original Word: ζύμη
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: zumé
Pronunciation: zü-mā'
Phonetic Spelling: (dzoo'-may)
Definition: Leaven
Meaning: leaven, ferment, both lit. and met.

Word Origin: Derived from the root of ζέω (zeō), meaning "to boil" or "to ferment."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2557 (חָמֵץ, chametz): Refers to leavened bread or leaven.

- H7603 (שְׂאֹר, se'or): Refers to leaven or yeast.

Usage: In the New Testament, "zumé" is used metaphorically to represent influence, often of a corrupting nature. It is commonly associated with sin, false teaching, or hypocrisy, illustrating how a small amount of leaven can permeate and affect a larger whole.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, leaven was a small portion of fermented dough used to ferment a new batch of dough. It was a common practice in bread-making. In Jewish culture, leaven was often associated with impurity, especially during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when Jews were commanded to remove all leaven from their homes as a symbol of purity and separation from sin (Exodus 12:15).

HELPS Word-studies

2219 zýmē – leaven (yeast); (figuratively) the spreading influence of what is typically concealed (but still very dramatic). Leaven is generally a symbol of the spreading nature of evil, but note the exception at Lk 13:20:21 (parallel Mt 13:32,33).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from a prim. root
Definition
leaven
NASB Translation
leaven (13).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2219: ζύμη

ζύμη, ζύμης, 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 Cor. 5:(), (Ignatius ad Magnes. 10 [ET]); viewed in its tendency to infect others, ζύμη τῶν Φαρισαίων: Matthew 16:6, 11; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1, which fig. 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 μικρά ζύμη ὅλον τό φύραμα ζυμοῖ, a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, which is used variously, according to the various things to which it is applied, viz. 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.'

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

leaven.

Probably from zeo; ferment (as if boiling up) -- leaven.

see GREEK zeo

Forms and Transliterations

ζυμη ζύμη ζύμῃ ζυμην ζύμην ζυμης ζύμης ζυμίταις zume zumē zumen zumēn zumes zumēs zyme zymē zýme zýmē zýmei zýmēi zymen zymēn zýmen zýmēn zymes zymēs zýmes zýmēs

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 13:33 N-DFS
GRK: τῶν οὐρανῶν ζύμῃ ἣν λαβοῦσα
NAS: is like leaven, which
KJV: is like unto leaven, which a woman
INT: of the heavens to leaven which having taken

Matthew 16:6 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων
NAS: out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
KJV: of the leaven of the Pharisees
INT: of the leaven of the Pharisees

Matthew 16:11 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων
NAS: But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
KJV: of the leaven of the Pharisees
INT: of the leaven of the Pharisees

Matthew 16:12 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν ἄρτων
NAS: to beware of the leaven of bread,
KJV: beware of the leaven of bread, but
INT: of the leaven of bread

Mark 8:15 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων
NAS: out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
KJV: of the leaven of the Pharisees,
INT: of the leaven of the Pharisees

Mark 8:15 N-GFS
GRK: καὶ τῆς ζύμης Ἡρῴδου
NAS: of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
KJV: and [of] the leaven of Herod.
INT: and of the leaven of Herod

Luke 12:1 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης ἥτις ἐστὶν
NAS: [of all, ]Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
KJV: of the leaven of the Pharisees,
INT: of the leaven which is

Luke 13:21 N-DFS
GRK: ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ ἣν λαβοῦσα
NAS: It is like leaven, which a woman
KJV: It is like leaven, which a woman
INT: Like it is to leaven which having taken

1 Corinthians 5:6 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ
NAS: that a little leaven leavens
KJV: a little leaven leaveneth
INT: that a little leaven all the

1 Corinthians 5:7 N-AFS
GRK: τὴν παλαιὰν ζύμην ἵνα ἦτε
NAS: out the old leaven so
KJV: the old leaven, that
INT: the old leaven that you might be

1 Corinthians 5:8 N-DFS
GRK: μὴ ἐν ζύμῃ παλαιᾷ μηδὲ
NAS: not with old leaven, nor
KJV: with old leaven, neither with
INT: not with leaven old nor

1 Corinthians 5:8 N-DFS
GRK: μηδὲ ἐν ζύμῃ κακίας καὶ
NAS: nor with the leaven of malice
KJV: neither with the leaven of malice and
INT: nor with leaven of malice and

Galatians 5:9 N-NFS
GRK: μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ
NAS: A little leaven leavens the whole
KJV: A little leaven leaveneth the whole
INT: A little leaven all the

Strong's Greek 2219
13 Occurrences

ζύμῃ — 6 Occ.
ζύμην — 1 Occ.
ζύμης — 6 Occ.