- 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. 
Total KJV Occurrences: 6 
 • leaven, 6
 Mat 16:12; 
1 Corinthians 5:6; 
1 Corinthians 5:7; 
1 Corinthians 5:8(2); 
Galatians 5:9