Word: zumh

Pronounce: dzoo'-may

Strongs Number: G2219

Orig: probably from 2204; ferment (as if boiling up):--leaven. G2204

Use: TDNT-2:902,302 Noun Feminine

Heb Strong: H2557 H7603

1) leaven
2) metaph. 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 Mt 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"