Strong's Number G2219

ζύμη

zume · dzoo'-may

Transliteration:

zume{dzoo'-may}

Word Origin:

probably from 2204

TDNT:

2:902,302

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

ferment (as if boiling up)

Usage in the KJV:

leaven 13

Total: 13
Occurs 13 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

leaven
metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others Leaven 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 Mat. 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"