ζυμόω

ζυμόω — zymóō

ζυμόω, ζύμω; 1 aorist passive ἐζυμωθην; (ζύμη); to leaven (to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment): 1Co 5:6; Gal 5:9 (on which passage see ζύμη); ἕως ἐζυμώθη ὅλον, namely, τό ἄλευρον, words which refer to the saving power of the gospel, which from a small beginning will gradually pervade and transform the whole human race: Mat 13:33; Luk 13:21. (the Sept., Hipp., Athen., Plutarch.)