ζύμη

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hJ (
zevw (but cf. Curtius, p. 626f; Vanicek, p. 760)), leaven: ; (; ; , etc.; Aristotle, gen. an. 3, 4; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 10, 6; Plutarch, mor., p. 289f (quaest. ));
tou'
a[rtou, ; metaphorically, of inveterate mental and moral corruption, :(7),8 (Ignatius ad Magnes. 10); viewed in its tendency to infect others,
zuvmh
tw'n
Farisaivwn: , ; ; , which fig. explains of the teaching of the Pharisees, Luke, the passage cited more correctly (definitely?) of their hypocrisy. It is applied to that which, though small in quantity, yet by its influence thoroughly pervades a thing: either in a good sense, as in the parable ; (see
zumovw); or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, as in the proverb
mikrav
zuvmh
o{lon
tov
fuvrama
zumoi', a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, which is used variously, according to the various things to which it is applied, viz. a single sin corrupts a whole church, ; a slight inclination to error (respecting the necessity of circumcision) easily perverts the whole conception of faith, ; but many interpretations explain the passage `even a few false teachers lead the whole church into error.'*