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GreekG5445Noun (Neuter)

φύραμα

phurama

5Occurrences
G5445Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

perhaps akin to G5453 (φύω) through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough

from a prolonged form of (to mix a liquid with a solid;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
that which is mixed or kneaded, a lump: of dough,; of clay.
LXX: (מִשְׁאֶרֶת), מִשְׁאֶרֶת), (עֲרִיסָה) *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

φύραμα appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
2
Romans
2
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 5:6BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 5:7BSB

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.

Galatians 5:9BSB

A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

Romans 11:16BSB

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Romans 9:21BSB

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.