Lexical Summary zymoō: to leaven Original Word: ζυμόωTransliteration: zymoō Phonetic Spelling: (dzoo-mo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to leaven Meaning: to leaven Strong's Concordance leaven, fermentFrom zume; to cause to ferment -- leaven. see GREEK zume Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2220: ζυμόωζυμόω, ζύμω; 1 aorist passive ἐζυμωθην; (ζύμη); to leaven (to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment): 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 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: Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21. (the Sept., Hipp., Athen., Plutarch.) |