ΖΎΜΗ

ΖΎΜΗ: 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*;] ] leaven: Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21; τ. ἄρτου, Mt 16:12. Metaph., of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21), for evil: I Co 5:6-8, Ga 5:9; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων, Mt 16:6, 11, Mk 8:15, Lk 12:1 (Cremer, 723).†