noun · feminine
zumas
Greekζύμη (zumē)
Strong’sG2219
leaven, ferment
stem zum-13 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2219 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzoo'-may
ferment (as if boiling up)
Fromprobably from G2204;
King Jamesleaven.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | zumas2×ζύμη | zumais |
| object accusative | zuman1×ζύμην | zumain |
| direct address vocative | zumar | zumair |
| of, belonging to genitive | zumau6×ζύμης | zumaiu |
| to, for dative | zuma4×ζύμῃ | zumai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
zuma is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
zumas“leaven”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Corinthians 5:6“leaven”Ouk kalem tem kauchēmem vu. ouk oidavē hoti mikras zumas holem tem furamem zumatō?Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
Galatians 5:9“leaven”mikras zumas holem tem furamem zumatō.A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
zuman“leaven”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 5:7“leaven”ekkathairavar tan palaian zuman, hina aveiō neem furamem, kathōs avō azumois. kai gar tem pascha nu thuita Christos;Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
zumau“leaven”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Matthew 16:6“leaven”tos de Iēsus legata autoi; Horavōr kai prosechavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11“leaven”pōs ouk noavō hoti ouk peri artoiu legama vi? prosechavōr de apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:12“leaven”tote suniēkala hoti ouk legata prosecharō apo tau zumau toiu artoiu alla apo tau didachau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15“leaven”kai diastellete autoi legarōtos; Horavōr, blepavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai tau zumau Hērōdou.“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Mark 8:15“leaven”kai diastellete autoi legarōtos; Horavōr, blepavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai tau zumau Hērōdou.“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Luke 12:1“leaven”En hei episunagirataiu taiu muriadaiu tou ochlou, hōste katapatarō allēloin, archeta legarō pros toin mathētoin autou prōtem; Prosechavōr heautoi apo tau zumau, hotinas atō hupokrisias, toiu Farisaioiu.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.
zuma“leaven”to, fordative singular4×
Matthew 13:33“leaven”Allan parabolan lalata autoi; Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu zuma, han lambaratas gunaikas enkruptata eis aleureu sateim treis heōs hou zumita holem.He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Luke 13:21“leaven”homoias atō zuma, han lambaratas gunaikas kruptata eis aleureu sateim treis heōs hou zumita holem.It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
1 Corinthians 5:8“leaven”hōste heortazaneiō, mē en zuma palaia mēde en zuma kakiau kai ponēriau, alla en azumei eilikrineiau kai alētheiau.Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
1 Corinthians 5:8“leaven”hōste heortazaneiō, mē en zuma palaia mēde en zuma kakiau kai ponēriau, alla en azumei eilikrineiau kai alētheiau.Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.