The corpus record

ζῡμ-όω

zumoo

leaven, to be leavened, ferment, in a ferment

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Where it lives

Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Leviticus 2 · 1.07/10k
Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k

What it meant — LSJ

leaven, to be leavened, ferment, in a ferment

leaven, μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζ. 1 Ep.Cor. 5.6:—Pass., to be leavened, ferment, LXX Ex. 12.34, 39, Plu. QConv. 2.659b, etc.; of digestion, τὰ μέλανα -οῦται Hp. Acut. 61; [κοιλίη] ἐζυμωμένη in a ferment, Id. VM 11.

2 cause to effervesce

cause to effervesce, γῆν Gal. 10.964, Aët. 1 Praef.:—Pass., ζυμουμένη [χύτρα] Alex. 124.8.

In the wild

ζυμοῖ · zymoi New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 104)
ζυμοῖ · zymoi New Testament, Galatians 5.9 (DIORISIS sentence 122)
ἐζυμώθη · ezymōthē New Testament, Luke 13.21 (DIORISIS sentence 735)
ἐζυμώθη · ezymōthē New Testament, Matthew 13.33 (DIORISIS sentence 533)
ἐζυμώθη · ezymōthē Septuaginta, Exodus 12
ζυμωθῆναι · zymōthēnai Septuaginta, Exodus 12

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Where it came from

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