φύραμαphýrama
that which is mixed or kneaded, a lump: of dough, Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 5:9; of clay, Romans 9:21.
Greek (New Testament) · G5445
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Romans 9:21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
- Romans 11:16 And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
- Galatians 5:9 This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.