Quick Definition
I leaven, ferment
Strong's Definition
to cause to ferment
Derivation: from G2219 (ζύμη);
KJV Usage: leaven
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζυμόω, ζύμω; 1 aorist passive ἐζυμωθην; (ζύμη); to leaven (to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment): 1Co_5:6; Gal_5:9 (on which passage see ζύμη); ἕως ἐζυμώθη ὅλον, namely, τό ἄλευρον, words which refer to the saving power of the gospel, which from a small beginning will gradually pervade and transform the whole human race: Mat_13:33; Luk_13:21. (the Sept., Hipp., Athen., Plutarch.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζυμόω zymoō 4x
to leaven, cause to ferment, Mat_13:33 ; Luk_13:21 ; 1Co_5:6 ; Gal_5:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ζυμόω , -ῶ
( < ζύμη ),
[in LXX for H2556 , Exo_12:34 ; Exo_12:39 Lev_6:17 ; Lev_23:17 , Hos_7:4 * ;]
to leaven: Mat_13:33 , Luk_13:21 , 1Co_5:6 , Gal_5:9 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ζυμόω ζυ_μόω, φυτ. -ώσω [Etym: ζύμη] "to leaven", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ζυμόω, -ῶ
(ζύμη), [in LXX for חָמֵץ, Exo.12:34, 39 Lev.6:17 23:17, Hos.7:4 * ;]
to leaven: Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21, 1Co.5:6, Gal.5:9.†
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