ζυμόω
zumoō
“to leaven”
Definition
to cause to ferment
from G2219 (ζύμη);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ζυμόω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
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.”
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