STRONGS NUMBER G2220


Word Summary
zymoō: to leaven
Original Word: ζυμόω
Transliteration: zymoō
Phonetic Spelling: (dzoo-mo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to leaven
Meaning: to leaven
Strong's Concordance
leaven, ferment

From zume; to cause to ferment -- leaven.

see GREEK zume

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2220: ζυμόω

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.)