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Yourὑμῶνboastingτὸ καύχημαisnotΟὐgood.καλὸνDo you notοὐκknowοἴδατεthatὅτιa littleμικρὰleavenζύμηleavensζυμοῖthe wholeὅλονlump?τὸ φύραμα
1 Corinthians 5:6
Study it in the app“Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 5:6, word by word
- boastingκαύχημαkauchēma
boast, reason for boasting
Boast: a reason for pride or glorying.
Where else “kauchēma” appears- goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- a littleμικρὰmikra
little while
A short amount, or a brief time that soon passes.
Where else “mikra” appears- leavenζύμηzymē
yeast
Yeast: fermented dough that makes bread rise; an image of what spreads from within.
Where else “zymē” appears- leavensζυμοῖzymoi
leaven
Leaven, make dough rise with yeast.
Where else “zymoi” appears- the wholeὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- lumpφύραμαphyrama
lump, batch
A lump of dough or clay; a batch.
Where else “phyrama” appears
The context
5you are to hand over such a man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
6 · This verse (above)
7Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah.