G2219

ζύμη

zymē

Feminine noun · Probably from ζέω (G2204)

Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up):—leaven.

Outline

leaven
metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others
Leaven is applied to that substance which is small in quantity, yet thoroughly pervades a thing by its influence. The NT uses it in both a positive (cf. Mat 13:33) or negative sense (e.g., "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump").

Usages

Matthew 13:33

¶ Another parable spake he unto them;

The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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Matthew 16:6

¶ Then Jesus said unto them,

Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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Matthew 16:11

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

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Matthew 16:12

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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Mark 8:15

And he charged them, saying,

Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

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Luke 13:21

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

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1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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