ζύμη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for חָמֵץ, Ex 12:1513:323:1834:25, De 16:3; שְׂאֹר, Ex 12:15, 1913:7, Le 2:11, De 16:4*;]
leaven: Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21; τ. ἄρτου, Mt 16:12. Metaph., of a moral influence or tendency, always, exc. in the Parable of the Leaven (Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21), for evil: I Co 5:6-8, Ga 5:9; ζ. τ. Φαρισαίων, Mt 16:6, 11, Mk 8:15, Lk 12:1 (Cremer, 723).†