ζύμη (zumē) means “leaven” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: dzoo'-may Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ζύμη · zumē · leaven
ζύμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for חָמֵץ, Exo.12:16 13:3 23:18 34:25, Deu.16:3; שְׂאֹר, Exo.12:16, 19 13:7, Lev.2:11, Deu.16:4 * ;] leaven: Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21; τ. ἄρτου, Mat.16:12. Metaphorical, of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21), for evil: 1Co.5:6-8, Gal.5:9; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων, Mat.16:6, 11, Mrk.8:16, Luk.12:1 (Cremer, 723).† (AS)
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leaven, ferment, both lit. and met.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| leaven | 10 |
| bread leavened | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the leaven | 7 |
| leaven | 6 |
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He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Read word by word“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Read word by wordHow do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Read word by wordThen they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Read word by word“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Read word by wordIn the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Read word by wordIt is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Read word by wordYour boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
Read word by wordGet rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Read word by wordTherefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
Read word by wordA little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
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