The corpus record

ζύμ-η

zume · ἡ

leaven, beer-yeast, corruption, falsehood

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Where it lives

1 Corinthians 4 · 5.92/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Exodus 7 · 2.96/10k
Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
Deuteronomium 2 · 0.89/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k

What it meant — LSJ

leaven, beer-yeast, corruption, falsehood

leaven, Arist. GA 755a18, LXX Ex. 12.15; beer-yeast, PTeb. 375.27 (ii A.D.), etc.: metaph., of corruption, falsehood, Ev.Matt. 16.6, etc. (ζῡ-μᾱ or ζῡσ-μᾱ, cf. Skt. yauti ‘mix’, Skt. yūs, Lat. jūs ‘soup’, Lett. jaut ‘stir dough’, javs ‘dough’.)

In the wild

ζύμη · zymē New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 104)
ζύμην · zymēn New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.7 (DIORISIS sentence 105)
ζύμῃ · zymēi New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.8 (DIORISIS sentence 107)
ζύμῃ · zymēi New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.8 (DIORISIS sentence 107)
ζύμη · zymē New Testament, Galatians 5.9 (DIORISIS sentence 122)
ζύμης · zymēs New Testament, Luke 12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 641)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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