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Strong's #2220 - ζυμόω
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- to leaven
- to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment
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ζῡμ-όω,
(ζύμη)
1. leaven, μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζ. 1 Corinthians 5:6 : — Pass., to be leavened, ferment, LXX Exodus 12:34; Exodus 12:39, Plu. 2.659b, etc.; of digestion, τὰ μέλανα -οῦται Hp. Acut. 61; [ κοιλίη] ἐζυμωμένη in a ferment, Id. VM 11.
2. cause to effervesce, γῆν Gal. 10.964, Aët. 1 Praef.: — Pass., ζυμουμένη [χύτρα ] Alex. 124.8.
ζυμόω, 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.)
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ζυμόω , -ῶ
(< ζύμη ),
[in LXX for H2556, Exodus 12:34; Exodus 12:39 Leviticus 6:17; Leviticus 23:17, Hosea 7:4*;]
to leaven: Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:21, 1 Corinthians 5:6, Galatians 5:9.†
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