- Original: ζυμόω - Transliteration: Zumoo - Phonetic: dzoo-mo'-o - Definition: 1. to leaven 2. to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment - Origin: from G2219 - TDNT entry: 17:02,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G2219 ; to cause to ferment: - leaven. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • leaveneth, 2 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9