Galatians 5:9

μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
μικρὰ
G3398 A-NSF
mikros
small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)
  • small, little
    • of size: hence of stature, of length
      • "of space"of age: less by birth, younger"of time: short, brief, a little while, how little!"of quantity: i.e., number, amount"of rank or influence
ζύμη
G2219 N-NSF
zymē
ferment (as if boiling up)
  • leaven
    • "metaphorically of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others Leaven 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 Matthew 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, ___%___a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump___%___
ὅλον
G3650 A-ASN
holos
___%___whole___%___ or ___%___all___%___, i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
  • all, whole, completely
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
φύραμα
G5445 N-ASN
phyrama
perhaps akin to G5453 through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough
  • any substance mixed with water and kneaded
    • "a mass, a lump
    • of dough
      • "of clay
ζυμοῖ
G2220 V-PAI-3S
zymoō
to cause to ferment
  • to leaven
    • "to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment

μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ
9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:33

μὴ πλανᾶσθε· Φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρησθ' ὁμιλίαι κακαί
33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Mark 8:15

καὶ διεστέλλετο αὐτοῖς λέγων Ὁρᾶτε βλέπετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ τῆς ζύμης Ἡρῴδου
15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ
6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Luke 12:1

Ἐν οἷς ἐπισυναχθεισῶν τῶν μυριάδων τοῦ ὄχλου ὥστε καταπατεῖν ἀλλήλους ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ πρῶτον Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων ἥτις ἐστὶν ὑπόκρισις
1
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 13:21

ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον
21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ὁρᾶτε καὶ προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων
6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

2 Timothy 2:17

καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτῶν ὡς γάγγραινα νομὴν ἕξει ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Φίλητος
17
And their word will eat doth as a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Matthew 23:33

ὄφεις γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν πῶς φύγητε ἀπὸ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεέννης
33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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