ΖΥΜΗΣ, ζυμης
ZYMĒS, zymēs
Sounds Like: zoo-MACE
Translations: of leaven, of yeast, of a leaven, of a yeast
From the root: ΖΥΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to leaven or yeast, a substance used to make bread rise. It is often used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe a pervasive influence, whether good or bad, that spreads throughout a larger body, much like yeast spreads through dough.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2219 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 14:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΖΥΜΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.