Original: ζύμη

Transliteration: zýmē

Phonetic: dzoo'-may

Short Definition: Leaven

- Original: ζύμη

- Transliteration: Zume

- Phonetic: dzoo'-may

- Definition:

1. leaven

2. metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others

- Origin: probably from G2204

- TDNT entry: 17:02,3

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up): - leaven.

Cognate: G106, G2220