Galatians 5:9 — Word Study
N1904μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
BSAA littlemikros [small, humble] leavenzumē [a moral influence] wholeholos [complete, entire] theho lumpphurama [lump, to leaven, making it rise] leavens.zumoō▸ [spreads, permeates]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| μικρὰ | A little | Adjective, nominative, singular |
| ζύμη | leaven | Noun, nominative, singular |
| ὅλον | whole | Adjective, accusative, singular |
| τὸ | the | Article, accusative, singular |
| φύραμα | lump | Noun, accusative, singular |
| ζυμοῖ. | leavens. | Verb, present, active |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. |
| KJV | A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. |
| ASV | A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. |
| YLT | a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven; |
| WEB | A little yeast grows through the whole lump. |
| BBE | A little leaven makes a change in all the mass. |
Where they part company is ὅλον — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence consists of a single main clause that clearly states the relationship between the leaven and the dough.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
subjectμικρός
verbζυμόω
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Every word here is used elsewhere in the New Testament.
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Deep Study — Galatians 5:9
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Context — Warning Against False Teachingsgenerated
Galatians 5:9 emphasizes the impact of small influences within a community, particularly in the context of false teachings. Paul warns that just as a small amount of leaven can affect the entire batch of dough, so too can a small amount of false doctrine permeate the church. This serves as a reminder of the importance of maintaining sound doctrine and being vigilant against misleading teachings.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew 23:33 | You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? |
| 2 | Matthew 16:6–12 | “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” |
| 3 | Mark 8:15 | “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.” |
| 4 | Luke 12:1 | In 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. |
| 5 | Luke 13:21 | It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.” |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — ζύμη, zumēgenerated
The word ζύμη (zumē) means 'leaven' or 'yeast', indicating a substance that causes dough to rise. It is used both literally in baking and metaphorically to describe influences that can spread within a community.
In this verse, it highlights how even a small amount can have a significant effect, warning against the dangers of allowing false teachings to infiltrate the church.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
In this study, we compare the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, which uses works, with the King James Version and American Standard Version, both of which use leaveneth. The Young's Literal Translation uses a similar term, emphasizing the action of leavening.
The translations agree on the essential meaning, illustrating how a little leaven influences the whole lump.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb in the verse is ζυμοῖ, leavens, which governs the entire sentence. The subject is implied and refers to 'a little leaven', while the object is 'the whole lump'. This structure shows how the action of leavening affects the entirety of the dough.
The sentence is straightforward, with the subject and object clearly defined, demonstrating the relationship between the small amount of leaven and its effect on the larger mass.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The word ζύμη appears in the Septuagint, where it translates the Hebrew term for leaven, often in contexts related to offerings and purity laws. It emphasizes the significance of leaven in both a literal and metaphorical sense.
In the Old Testament, leaven is often associated with corruption or impurity, reinforcing the cautionary message Paul conveys in this verse.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Galatians 5:9 warns that a small amount of leaven can affect the entire batch of dough. This teaches that even minor false teachings can influence a whole community, highlighting the importance of sound doctrine.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Paul refers to small false teachings or influences that can spread and corrupt the entire community of believers.
Leaven is a common element in baking that causes dough to rise, making it a fitting metaphor for how ideas can permeate and influence a group.
False teachings can spread through conversations, writings, or influences that seem small but can lead to significant changes in beliefs and practices.
We should study Scripture diligently, remain in fellowship with sound teachers, and be discerning about the influences we allow into our lives.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What are some examples of small influences that have affected my beliefs or actions?
- How can I ensure that I am not spreading false teachings, even unintentionally?
- In what ways can I contribute to a healthy and sound community of believers?
- What steps can I take to be more discerning about the teachings I encounter?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early church writers reference this verse to discuss the pervasive nature of false teachings and their corrupting influence on the community.
All leaven corrupts the bread, and the corrupted bread is flour. When the mass of flour is left, it sours, and then comes the leavening. Now when a small amount of the leaven is put into the mass, the mass is corrupted.
Gaius Marius Victorinus explains that all leaven corrupts the bread, illustrating how a small amount can spoil the whole.
Early Church Fathers on Galatians 5 →A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. It is incorrectly translated in our codices: A little yeast corrupts the whole lump, and the translator has conveyed the sense of the interpreter rather than the words of the Apostle.
Jerome emphasizes the importance of accurate translation and interpretation, noting that leaven can corrupt the entire lump.
Early Church Fathers on Galatians 5 →I trust in you in the Lord, that you will understand nothing else. Not by conjecture, as some would have it, but by the prophetic spirit, Paul declares that the Galatians will return to the way of truth they had lost (I Cor. XII).Early Church Fathers on Galatians 5 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Galatians 5:9 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleA little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. A proverbial expression pretty much in use with the Jews; see 1 Corinthians 5:6, respecting either persons or things; and is in answer to, or prevents an
Read John Gill on Galatians 5 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryA little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. A little leaven - the false teaching of the Judaizers. A little legalism, mixed with the Gospel, corrupts its purity.
Read Robert Jamieson on Galatians 5 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThis is a proverbial expression, which (as others of that nature) is applicable in more cases than one. The apostle made use of it, , to persuade that church to purge their communion, by casting out the incestuous person: he maketh use of it here to persuade them to take heed of admitting any principles of false doctrine, which he compareth to leaven, (as our Saviour does, ,12), and that very fitly, both in regard of the sour and of the diffusive nature of it; the latter of which is here chiefly intended; the truths of God having such dependence one upon another, that he who erreth in any one doctrine of faith, seldom continueth long sound as to other points.
Read Matthew Poole on Galatians 5 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Ver. 9. A little leaven] viz. Of false doctrine, Matthew 16:6.
Read John Trapp on Galatians 5 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) A little leaven . . .—A pregnant expression, which leaves a good deal to the reader to supply. The proverb is true which says that a little leaven leavens the whole mass of dough. And so, in your case, the malcontents may be few, but they will soon ruin the whole Church. It seems decidedly more in accordance with the context to take the “little leaven” as referring rather to a few seceders than to a little bad doctrine.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Galatians 5 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 9. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.] A proverbial expression, see 1 Corinthians 5:6, very aptly applied to those who receive the smallest tincture of false doctrine, relative to the things essential to salvation, which soon influences the whole conduct, so that the man becomes totally perverted. They might have argued, "It is a small thing, and should not be made a subject of serious controversy, whether we be circumcised or not." Granted, that in itself it is a small matter; but, as every man who is circumcised is a debtor to do the whole law, Galatians 5:3, then your circumcision leads necessarily to your total perversion; as the little portion of leaven, mixed with the…
Read AdamClarke on Galatians 5 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges9. Leaven is that small portion of fermented dough which is introduced into the fresh lump of dough, and communicates lightness to the whole mass. It is employed figuratively in Scripture to denote the working of both good and bad influences, and is used both of persons and of principles or teaching—comp. Matthew 16:12; Luke 13:21. There is a reference, sometimes tacit, sometimes express (1 Corinthians 5:8), to the typical prohibition of the use of leaven in the law of Moses, Exodus 12:15-20; Exodus 12:34. This verse, which occurs again, 1 Corinthians 5:6, seems to have passed into a proverb. There the Apostle is condemning the toleration of a single act of open immorality in a member of…
Read Cambridge on Galatians 5 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleA little leaven ... - This is evidently a proverbial expression; see it explained in the notes at 1 Corinthians 5:6.
Read Albert Barnes on Galatians 5 →The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
Tyndale line
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
A litle leauen doeth leauen the whole lumpe.
Strictly literal
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
A little leaven leavens the whole lump;
A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.
From the Latin
A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.
Simplified
You only need a little bit of yeast to raise the whole batch of dough.
A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac
Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.
Modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit.
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܚܡܝܪܐ ܩܠܝܠ ܟܠܗ ܓܒܝܠܬܐ ܡܚܡܥ
The Bible of the Syriac-speaking church, in the language nearest to the Aramaic Jesus spoke.
Shown verse by verse rather than word by word: aligning a Greek word to its Latin or Syriac counterpart automatically would be guesswork, and a wrong alignment is worse than none.
The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say
Eight printed editions of the Greek New Testament, side by side. Where they agree the wording is settled; where a word is missing from an edition it is marked, so you can see the difference rather than take it on trust.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The previous edition, still widely cited.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ.
The printed tradition behind the King James Version.
A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.
Word by word, across the editions
Every edition agrees. All 8 printed editions — Nestle-Aland 28, Nestle-Aland 27, SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House 2017, Textus Receptus (KJV), Byzantine majority — carry every word of this verse, in the same order, with no difference that any translator would render differently.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Greek New Testament — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Galatians 5:9
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Greek lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. Imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, the full Liddell-Scott-Jones, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate LSJ, Robinson and Packard on the Greek, Webster and Cawdrey on the English the translators were using. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Greek word μικρός (mikros) means small or little, covering aspects of size, quantity, and even rank or influence. It appears in various contexts in the New Testament, such as referring to stature in Mark 15:40 and to quantity in Luke 12:32. The word can also describe time, as in John 7:33, indicating a brief duration.
μικρός, -d, -ov, compar. μικρότερος, -epa, -epov, [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for JOP, 150, Ὁ}, small, little; used a. of size: Mt. xiii. 32; Mk. iv. 81; hence of stature, τῇ ἡλικίᾳ, Lk. xix. 3; of length, Jas. iii.5. Ὁ. of space: neut. προελθὼν ἱπροσελθ. T Tr WH mrg. in Mt., Tr WI mrg. in Mk. (see προσέρχομαι, a.) | μικρόν, having gone forward a little, Mt. xxvi. 39; Mk. xiv. 35, (cf. W. § 32,6; B. § 131, 11 sq.]. c. of age: less by birth, younger, Mk. xv. 40 [al. take this of stature]; οἱ μικροί, the little ones, young children, Mt. xviii. 6,10,14; Mk. ix. 425 ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου [ A. V. from the least to the greatest], Acts viii. 10; Heb. viii. 11, (Jer. vi. 13; Xxxviii. (xxxi.) 34); μικρός τε καὶ μέγας, [both small and great] i. e. all, Acts xxvi. 22; plur., Rev. xi. 18... xin. 16s) Kix. δ. 18». xx. Les d. of time, short, brief: neuter —nom., ἔτε [or ἔτι om.] μικρὸν (se. ἔσται) καί…
Read the full entry →μικρός. In P Leid ΝΕ ΙΝ (8.6. 103) (=I. p. 69) we hear of a Nexovtrns μικρός in a context which shows, according to the editor (p. 74), that the reference is to age rather than to stature: see further Deissmann 4S p. 144 f. Other exx. are not so clear. P Gen I. 284 (a.p. 136) ἀγ]οράσαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Στοτοήτιος ἐπικαλουμένου Μικροῦ πυρόν, is not encouraging to the meaning 7zm2o07, though, after all, there is no reason why “‘ Stotoetis junior ” should not be the | father of a family. In any case the frequent occurrence of the formula makes it probable that it has a constant meaning: | see P Eleph 174 (B.C. 223-222) ΤΠρενέβθιος ᾿Ιστφήνιος kal Ψεντεὴς μικρὸς ἀπολέγονται τὴν γῆν KTA., P Tebt I. 63°° (B.C. 116-115) γεω(ργὸς) ἹΠετερμοῦθις μι(κρὸς) “Appevéws, and P Goodsp Cairo 3011: 38 (A.D. 191-2) μικρῷ ᾿Αφροδ(ισίῳ), vill. 8° Αφροδ(ισίῳ) καμηλί(είτῃ) μικ(ρῷ), ᾿Αφροδ. μικ.…
Read the full entry →μικρός (mikros) — small.
μικρός
and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and might be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; it is probably the only form in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; most frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have σμικρός [Refs]:—small, little,
1. in Size, μ. ἔην δέμας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as a Comedy texts exaggeration, δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μικροὶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs]: as a term of reproach, Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
μικρός
mikros
mikroteros mik-rot'-er-os
apparently a primary word; small (in size, quantity, number or
(figuratively) dignity):--least, less, little, small.
μικρός, ά, όν
Adj
little, small
μικρός mikros 46x
little, small in size quantity, etc. Mt. 13:32; Lk. 12:32; Rev. 3:8; small, little in age, young, not adult, Mk. 15:40; little, short in time, Jn. 7:33; μικρόν, i.e. χρόνον, a little while, a short time, Jn. 13:33; μετὰ μικρόν, after a little while, a little while afterwards, Mt. 26:73; little in number, Lk. 12:32; small, little in dignity, low, humble, Mt. 10:42; 11:11; μικρόν, as…
Read the full entry →μικρός μι_κρός, ανδ σμι_κρός, ή, όν small, little, in point of Size, Hom., etc.; also in point of Quantity, Hes., Ar., etc.
in Amount or Importance, little, petty, trivial, slight, Theogn., Soph., etc.; σμ. τίθησι με makes me of small account. Soph.; οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ id. Soph.
of Time, little, short, Pind., Ar., etc.; ἐν σμικρῷ (sc. χρόνῳ) shortly, Xen.
Adverbial usages,
regul. adv., σμικρῶς, but little, Sup. σμικρότατα, id. Xen.
σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, id. Xen., Dem.; in full, μικροῦ δεῖ or δεῖν, v. δεῖ II:—but μικροῦ πρίασθαι to buy for a little, cheap, Xen.
μικρῷ by a little, with the comp., Plat.
μικρόν and μικρά, a little, Xen., Plat.
with Preps.,
ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, Soph.
Adj-NSF — Adjective · nominative · singular · femininenominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
A-NSF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine
46 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 9 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 46 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 80 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.
ὃν δὲ τρόπον, μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐρῶ πρότερον ἐκεῖνο δηλώσας, ὅτι παγκάλῳ τῷ τῆς ἀκολουθίας εἱρμῷ κέχρηται, καθ’ ἣν ὑφηγήσατο ζῳογονίαν.
ὃ δὴ καὶ φωνῇ χρῆται καὶ λόγοις πρὸς αὐτὸν χαίρειν τε τοῖς γεγενημένοις παραινοῦν καὶ μὴ μικρὸν κρατεῖν ὑπολαμβάνειν, ἀλλὰ θεῖον ἄγγελον νενικηκέναι καὶ σημεῖον ἡγεῖσθαι τοῦτο μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν ἐσομένων καὶ τοῦ μηδέποτε τὸ γένος ἐκλείψειν αὐτοῦ, μηδὲ…
λογισάμενος οὖν τοῦτο, ὅτι ἐὰν μελήσῃ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν τοῦ μέρος τι μεταδοῦναι ἀφ̓ οὗ ἔλαβον, ὅτι ἔσται μοι τοιούτοις πνεύμασιν ὑπηρετήσαντι εἰς μισθόν, ἐσπούδασα κατὰ μικρὸν ὑμῖν πέμπειν, ἵνα μετὰ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν τελείαν ἔχητε τὴν γνῶσιν.
ὡς ἐτῶν ξθ οὐλὴ μήλῳ ἀριστερῶι καὶ Τεσενούφι Τεσενούφιος ὡς ἐτῶν λβ οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ μικρῷ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς καὶ Ἁρπαγάθῃ ὡς ἐτῶν λβ οὐλὴ ἀντικνμίῳ ἀριστερῶι καὶ Τεσενούφι ὡς ἐτῶν
βραχίωνι ἀριστερῶι τῷ ἑαυτοῦ ὁμοπατρίωι καὶ ὁμομητρίωι ἀδελφῷ Πανεφρίμι ὡς ἐτῶν μα οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ μίκρῳ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς ἀπέχειν παρʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα παραχρῆμα διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς
προέτρεψεν ἡμᾶς ἀνελθεῖν εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν καὶ ἀγοράσαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Στοτῆτις ἐπικαλουμένου Μικροῦ πυρόν, καὶ λαβὼν παρʼ ἡμῶν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς τριακοσίας ὡς εἰς τὴν τοῦ πυροῦ τιμὴν
The Greek word ζύμη (zume) means 'leaven' or 'yeast' and is used both literally and metaphorically in the New Testament. It can refer to the fermentation process in bread-making or symbolize moral corruption and falsehood, particularly in teachings that can spread like leaven. The New Testament uses it in contexts such as the teachings of the Pharisees and the influence of sin within a community.
ζύμη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for חָמֵץ, Ex 12:15 13:3 23:18 34:25, De 16:3; שְׂאֹר, Ex 12:15, 19 13:7, Le 2:11, De 16:4*;]
leaven: Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21; τ. ἄρτου, Mt 16:12. Metaph., of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21), for evil: I Co…
Read the full entry →ζύμη, -ης, ἡ, (¢é [but cf. Curtius p. 626 sq.; Vanicek, p- 1607), /eaven: Mt. xiii. 33; Lk. xiii. 21, (Ex. xii. 15; Ley. ii. 11; Deut. xvi. 3, ete.; Aristot. gen. an. 3, 4; Joseph. antt. 3, 10, 6; Plut. mor. p. 289 sq. [quaest. Rom. 1097); τοῦ ἄρτου, Mt. xvi. 12; metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, 1 Co. v. [7], 8, (Ignat. ad Magnes. 10); viewed in its tendency to infect others, ζύμη τῶν Φαρισαίων: Mt. xvi. 6,11; Mk. viii. 15; Lk. xii. 1, which fig. Mt. xvi. 12 explains of the teaching of the Phar., Lk. 1. 6. 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 Mt. xiii. 33; Lk. xiii. 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…
Read the full entry →ζύμη. In a proposal to lease 10} arourae οἵ catoecic land, P Tebt 11. 37527 (a.D. 140), a certain Ision amongst other conditions says—8]@ow σοι καθ᾽ ἔτος ζύμης ἠρτυμένης ἀρτάβης δίδυρον, “I will pay you annually ἃ artaba of prepared leaven” (Edd.): cf. 16. 401% (early i/a.p.). The word represents ζυσμᾶ or *fupa, cf. ζωμός, ‘ broth,” Lat. ius (Boisacq, p. 311).
ζύμη (zumē) — leaven.
ζύμ-η [ῡ], ἡ,
leaven, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; beer-yeast, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.: metaphorically, of corruption, falsehood, NT.Matt.16.6, etc. (ζῡ-μᾱ or ζῡσ-μᾱ, cf. Sanskrit yauti 'mix', Sanskrit yūs, Latin jūs 'soup', Lett. jaut 'stir dough', javs 'dough'.)
ζύμη
zume
probably from 2204; ferment (as if boiling up):--leaven.
see GREEK for 2204
ζύμη, ης, ἡ
n.f.
leaven, ferment
ζύμη zymē 13x
leaven, yeast, Mt. 16:12; 13:33; met. leaven of the mind and conduct, by a system of doctrine or morals, used in a bad sense, Mt. 16:6, 11; 1 Cor. 5:6
ζύμη ζύ_μη, ἡ, ζέω leaven:—metaph. of corruption, falsehood, NTest.
Noun-NSF — Noun · nominative · singular · femininenominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
N-NSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine
lev'-n (se'or, chamets; zume; Latin fermentum): The nomadic ancestors of the Hebrews, like the Bedouin of today, probably made their bread without leaven; but leaven came to play a great part in their bread-making, their law and ritual, and their religious teaching (see Ex 12:15,19; 13:7; Le 2:11; De 16:4; Mt 13:33; 16:6-12; Mr 8:15 f; Lu 12:1; 13:21).
(1) In Bread-Making.
The form of leaven used in bread-making and the method of using it were simple and definite. The "leaven" consisted always, so far as the evidence goes, of a piece of fermented dough kept over from a…
Leaven
(1.) Heb. seor (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; Lev. 2:11), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid.
(2.) Heb. hamets, properly “ferment.” In Num. 6:3, “vinegar of wine” is more correctly “fermented wine.” In Ex. 13:7, the proper rendering would be, “Unfermented things [Heb. matstsoth] shall be consumed during the seven days; and there shall not be seen with thee fermented things [hamets], and there shall not be seen with thee leavened mass [seor] in all thy borders.” The chemical definition of ferment or yeast is “a substance in a state of putrefaction, the atoms of which are in a continual motion.”
Various substances were known to have fermenting qualities; but the ordinary leaven consisted of a lump of old dough in a high state of fermentation, which was mixed into the mass of dough prepared for baking. The use of leaven was strictly forbidden in all offerings made to the Lord by fire. During the passover the Jews were commanded to put every particle of leaven from the house. The most prominent idea associated with leaven in connection with the corruption which it had undergone,a nd which it communicated to bread in the process of fermentation. It is to this property of leaven that our Saviour points when he speaks of the "leaven (i.e. the corrupt doctrine) of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees," (Matthew 16:6) and St. Paul, when he speaks of the "old leaven." (1 Corinthians…
Sourdough which is kept over from one baking to another, in order to raise the new dough. Leaven was forbidden in the Hebrews during the seven days of the Passover, in memory of what their ancestors did when they went out of Egypt, they being then obliged to carry unleavened meal with them, and to make bread in haste, the Egyptians pressing them to be gone, Ex 12:15,19. They were very careful in cleansing their houses from it before this feast began, 1Co 5:6. God forbade either leaven or honey to be offered to him in his temple, Le 2:11. The pervading and transforming effect of leaven is used in illustration of the like influence on society, exerted by the purifying principles of the gospel, or by false doctrines and corrupt…
13 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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καὶ νόμῳ δὲ ἀπείρηται πᾶσαν ζύμην καὶ πᾶν μέλι προσφέρειν τῷ βωμῷ (Lev.
Ἑβδόμης ἑβδομάδος διαγεγενημένης μετὰ ταύτην τὴν θυσίαν, αὗται δʼ εἰσὶν αἱ τῶν ἑβδομάδων ἡμέραι τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἐννέα, τῇ πεντηκοστῇ, ἣν Ἑβραῖοι ἀσαρθὰ καλοῦσι, σημαίνει δὲ τοῦτο πεντηκοστήν, καθʼ ἣν προσάγουσι τῷ θεῷ ἄρτον ἀλφίτων μὲν πυρίνων…
ὑπέρθεσθε οὖν τὴν κακὴν ζύμην, τὴν παλαιωθεῖσαν καὶ ἐνοξίσασαν, καὶ μεταβάλεσθε εἰς νέαν ζύμην, ὅ ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός.
ρη ι … πολ … ραξιω … καὶ θαλλοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν τετραετίαν κατʼ ἔτος ζύμης … ου πάντων δὲ ἀνυπολόγων καὶ ἀκινδύνων. καὶ ἐπιτελέσω τὰ τῶν ἀρουρῶν γεωργικὰ ἔργα
ἀμέριμνος οὖν γίνου. δώσεις Σκνιπὶ δραχμὰς πέντε καὶ κριθῆς μάτια τρία ἵνα ποιήσῃ μοι ζύμην. ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους πάντας
ὑπὲρ τῶν προκιμένων ἀρουρῶν ὄντων πρὸς ἐμὲ τὸν Ἰσίωνα· καὶ δώσω σοι καθʼ ἔτος ζύμης ἠρτυμένης ἀρτάβης δίμοιρον, σοῦ τ … ς ἀπολ … … … … τω, καὶ
The Greek word ὅλος (i.e., *holos*) means 'whole' or 'entire,' and it can refer to both persons and things. It is used in various contexts in the New Testament, such as in Luke 5:5 and Acts 11:26, to denote completeness or totality. The lexicons indicate that it can function as an adjective, noun, or adverb, and it often appears with or without an article before a noun.
ὅλος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for כֹּל;]
of persons and things, whole, entire, complete;
of indefinite ideas, c. subst. anarth.: Lk 5:5, Ac 11:26 28:30, Tit 1:11; ὅλον ἄνθρωπον (an entire man; v. Field, Notes, 93), Jo 7:23; ὅλη Ἰερουσαλήμ (= πᾶσα Ἰ, Mt 2:3; v. Bl., § 47, 9), Ac 21:31.
Definite, c. art.;
preceding subst.: Mt 4:23, 24, Lk 8:39, I Co 12:17, al.;
ὅλος, -7, -ov, Sept. for 3, [fr. Pind. (Hom.) down], whole, (all): with an anarthrous subst. five [six] times in the N. Τ᾽, viz. ὅλον ἄνθρωπον, Jn. vii. 23; ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον, Acts Xi. 26; ὅλη ἱΙερουσαλήμ, Xxi. 31; διετίαν ὅλην, XXViii. 30; ὅλους οἴκους, Tit. i. 11; [to which add, δὲ ὅλης νυκτός, Lk. ν. ὅ LT Tr WH]. usually placed before a substantive which has the article: ὅλη ἡ Γαλιλαία, Mt. iv. 23; ὅλη ἡ Συρία, 24; καθ᾽ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν, Lk. viii. 39; ὅλον τὸ σῶμα, Mt. ν. 29 sq.; vi. 22. sq.; Lk. xi. 34; 1 Co. xii. 17; Jas. iii. 2, ete.; [ὅλη ἡ ἐκκλησία, Ro. xvi. 23 LT Tr WH); ὅλην τ. ἡμέραν, Mt. xx. 6; Ro. viii. 36; ὅλος ὁ νόμος, Mt. xxii. 40; Gal. v. 3; Jas. ii. 10; ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ cov, Mt. xxii. 37; ἐξ ὅλης τ. καρδίας σου, Mk. xii 80, and many other exx. it is placed after a substantive which has the article [W. 131 (124) note; B. § 125, 6]: ἡ πόλις ὅλη, Mk. i. 33; Acts xix. 29 [Ree.]…
Read the full entry →ὅλος. P Grenf II. 773° (iti/iv a.D.) (= Selections, p. 121) τῆς ὅλης δα[πά]νης, “the whole outlay,” P Oxy VI. 903* (iv/A.D.) ἐπὶ ὅλας ἑ[πτ]ὰ ἡμέρας, ‘for seven whole days,” and Priéene 112°5 (after B.c. 84) διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος ὅλου, «ἐ during the whole winter”’ (cf. Lk 5°). See also P Thead 351 (A.D. 299), where, at the end of a deed of sale, the vendor announces—typaa τὰ ὅλα. With the use of ὅλος in Jn 9*4, 131°, we may compare P Fay 1198 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτον σαπρὸν καὶ ὥλον (1. ὅλον) λελυμένον, ‘rotten hay, the whole of it decayed” (Edd.). Other exx. are P Tebt I. 3315 (B.C. 112) (= Selections, p. 31), where the instructions for the entertainment of a Roman visitor are summed up in the words—rd δ᾽ ὅλον ἐπὶ πάν[των] τὴν μεγίστην…
Read the full entry →ὅλος (holos) — all.
ὅλος, η, ον,
Ionic dialect οὖλος, η, ον, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (compare ἡμι-ολίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλως uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—whole, entire, complete in all its parts, of persons and things, ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηνὶ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὔλῳ in a whole month, [Refs]; οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δέ τ᾽ ἀκούει (i.e. ὁ θεός) [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὅλος ἑσπέρας ὀφθαλμός, i.e. the full moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὅ. χρόνος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις ὅλην πόλιν φέρων a whole city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεις ὅλαι whole, entire cities, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλη ἡ πόλις, the city as a whole, [Refs]; ὅλους ποιητὰς ἐκμανθάνειν learn whole poets by heart, [Refs] substantive, τῆς ἡμέρας ὅλης in the course of the whole day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλην τὴν νύκτα or τὴν νύκτα ὅλην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently between Article and substantive, τὸν ὅ. ἀμφὶ…
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holos
a primary word; "whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount,
time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb:--all,
altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
ὅλος, η, ον
Adj
all, the whole, entire
ὅλος holos 109x
all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24
Adj-ASN — Adjective · accusative · singular · neuteraccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
A-ASN Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
115 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 5 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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Counted over the 98 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.
εἰ δὲ τὸ μέρος εἰκὼν εἰκόνος [δῆλον ὅτι] καὶ τὸ ὅλον εἶδος, σύμπας οὗτος ὁ αἰσθητὸς κόσμος, εἰ μείζων τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐστίν, μίμημα θείας εἰκόνος, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἀρχέτυπος σφραγίς, ὅν φαμεν νοητὸν εἶναι κόσμον, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη [τὸ παράδειγμα, ἀρχέτυπος…
καὶ γενομένου τούτου κατανοήσας τὴν ὅλην ὕλην διεχώρισε τό τε φῶς καὶ τὸ σκότος καὶ τῷ μὲν ὄνομα ἔθετο νύκτα, τὸ δὲ ἡμέραν ἐκάλεσεν ἑσπέραν τε καὶ ὄρθρον τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ τὴν ἀνάπαυσιν προσαγορεύσας.
καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ προφήτῃ λέγει: Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθῆ καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα ὁδῷ δικαίᾳ μου.
σιτοφόρου ἀδιαιρέτου ἐν τῷ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ πεδίωι Παθύρεως τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῷ μέρος ἕβδομον· γείτονες ὅλης τῆς γῆς· νότου γῆ Πατοῦτος τοῦ Ψεμμώνθου βορρᾶ γῆ Φαμούνιος ἀπηλιώτου κοιλὰς διῶρυξ καλούμενος
ἑνὶ ἐν κώμῃ Ἡρακλείᾳ Θεμίστου μερίδος καὶ τελέσειν εἰς τὸν τῆς ὠνῆς λόγον ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ὀγδοήκοντα ὀβολοὺς ὀγδοήκοντα σύνπαντι λόγῳ, ὧν καὶ τὴν διαγραφὴν ποιήσω
Ἡρακλείᾳ τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος ἐνεργὸν ἐξηρτισμένον ἅπασι σὺν τοῖς οὖσι χρηστηρίοις πᾶσι, φόρου τοῦ ὅλου ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐλαίου ῥαφανίνου κεραμίων ἑπτὰ θάλλου Εἰσίοις ἡμιχόου καὶ Ἀμεστεσίοις χοὸς ἔτι δὲ καὶ
The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.
ὁ, ἡ, τό,
the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.
As demonstr. pron.
As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).
ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…
Read the full entry →ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…
Read the full entry →ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.
ὁ,
ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,
__A demonstrative Pronoun.
__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.
__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…
ὁ ἡ τό
ho
he hay, and the neuter
to to
in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be
supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,
he, she, it, etc.
ὁ, ἡ, τό
Article
the
ὁ ho 19x
the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28
ὁ the, that
ὁ, ἡ, τό, is
demonstr. Pronoun.
the definite Article.
in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.
DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:
joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.
Art-ASN — Article · accusative · singular · neuteraccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
T-ASN Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.
1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.
This he calls the preaching of the cross.
2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.
3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.
Th' adorning thee with so much art,
Is but a barb'rous skill.
20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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40 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.
ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.
Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
The Greek word φύραμα (phurama) means a mixture or lump, particularly of dough or clay. It is derived from the verb φυράω meaning 'to mix.' The New Testament references include Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 5:6-7, and Galatians 5:9, where it is used metaphorically to describe a mixed substance.
φύραμα, -ros, τό, (φυράω to mix), any substance mixed with water and kneaded ; a mass, lump: of dough (Num. xv. 20 sq.; [plur., Ex. viii. 3; xii. 34]; Aristot. probl. 21, 18 p. 929", 25; Plut. quaest. conv. 6, 7, 2, 15 p. 698 e.), 1 Co. v. 6sq.; Gal. v. 9, (on the meaning of which pass. see ζύμη) ; Ro. xi. 16; of clay (Plut. praec. ger. reip. 15, 4p. 811c.), Ro. ix. 21 [cf. B. § 140, 3 Rem.].
φύραμα, ‘fa mixture,’ and hence ‘fa lump” (Rom 1115, a@/.): ef. the account of a beer-seller P Tebt II. gor?’ (early i/A.D.) in which reference is made to—dvpap(atos) (ἀρτάβαι) ε (δραχμαί), and P Lond 46878 (iv/a.p.) (=I. Ρ- 77) els ὅλο(ν) τὸ φύραμα. For the verb φυράω cf. the medical receipt P Oxy VIII. 1088*" (early i/A.D.) μάνναν φύρασον χυλῶι πράσωι καὶ ἐνάλιψον τὸν χυλὸν ἐνδόθεν, ‘‘ mix frankincense with onionjuice and apply the juice inside"’ (Ed.), to stop nosebleeding, 76. XIV. 16927! (a.D. 188) φυράσι τὸν ΙΤηλουσι[ακὸν olvov?, The compd. ἀναφυράω, ‘mix up well,
φύραμα (phurama) — lump.
φύρ-ᾱμα [ῡ], ατος, τό,
that which is mixed or kneaded, dought, [NT+4th c.BC+]; generally, paste, κονίας καὶ βολβίτου φ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to θραῦσμα, [Refs]: metaphorically, of the human frame as a mixture, compound, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. generally, mixture, σύμμιγμα καὶ φ. ἀέρος καὶ πυρός [Refs 1st c.AD+]: in plural, cements, [Refs]
φύραμα
phurama
from a prolonged form of phuro (to mix a liquid with a solid; perhaps
akin to 5453 through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a
mass of dough:--lump.
see GREEK for 5453
φύραμα, ατος, τό
n.n.
a mass or lump
φύραμα phyrama 5x
that which is mingled and reduced to a uniform consistence, by kneading, beating, treading, etc.; a mass of potter’s clay, Rom. 9:21; of dough, 1 Cor. 5:6, 7; Gal. 5:9; met. Rom. 11:16*
φύραμα φύρα_μα, ατος, τό, that which is mixed and kneaded, dough, NTest.
from φυ_ράω
Noun-ASN — Noun · accusative · singular · neuteraccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
N-ASN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
5 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 5 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
ἀλλ’ οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τούτων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φυράματος ὅλου προστέταχεν ἀφαιρεῖν.
The Greek word ζυμόω (i.e., *zumoō*) means 'to leaven' or 'to cause to ferment.' It appears in the New Testament in contexts related to fermentation, particularly in parables and metaphors. The word is derived from the noun for leaven, ζύμη (i.e., *zymē*), and is used in several verses, including Matthew 13:33 and Galatians 5:9.
ζυμόω, -ῶ
(< ζύμη),
[in LXX for חָמֵץ, Ex 12:34, 39, Le 6:17(10) 23:17, Ho 7:4*;]
to leaven: Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21, I Co 5:6, Ga 5:9.†
ζυμόω (zumoō) — to leaven.
ζῡμ-όω, ζύμη
) leaven, μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζ. [NT]:—passive, to be leavened, ferment, [LXX+1st c.AD+]; of digestion, τὰ μέλανα -οῦται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [κοιλίη] ἐζυμωμένη in a ferment, [Refs]
2. cause to effervesce, γῆν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, ζυμουμένη [χύτρα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
ζυμόω
zumoo
from 2219; to cause to ferment:--leaven.
see GREEK for 2219
ζυμόω
v.
I leaven, ferment
ζυμόω zymoō 4x
to leaven, cause to ferment, Mt. 13:33; Lk. 13:21; 1 Cor. 5:6; Gal. 5:9*
ζυμόω ζυ_μόω, φυτ. -ώσω ζύμη to leaven, NTest.
Verb-PAI-3S — Verb · present · active · indicative · third person · singularpresent active indicative — an action in progress.
V-PAI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Active Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular
4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 3 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path