Unleavened
ἄζυμοςStrong’s G0106azumos
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Azumos is the Greek word usually translated “unleavened” and “unleavened bread”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?”
Meaning
Usually translated “unleavened” and “unleavened bread”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- unleavened 4
- of unleavened 3
- unleavened bread 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Matthew 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 14:1After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
- Mark 14:12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
- Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
- Luke 22:7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
- Acts 12:3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
- Acts 20:6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
Greek dictionary
ἄζυμος azumos · unleavened
ἄζυμος, -ον (ζύμη), [in LXX for מָצָּה; τὰ ἄ. (sc. λάγανα, cakes) = הַמָצָּה ;] unleavened: ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἄ. (הַג הַמָצָּה), the paschal feast (also called τὰ ἄ., Mrk.14:1), Luk.22:1; ἡμέρα τῶν ἄ., Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12, Luk.22:7; ἡμέραι, Act.12:3 20:6. Fig., of Christians, free from corruption: 1Co.5:7; exhorted to keep festival, ἐν ἀζύμοις (sc. ἄρτοις, λάγανοις, or, indefinitely, "unleavened elements"), ib. 8 (Cremer, 724).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unleavened” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNLEAVENED, adjective
unlev'ened. Not leavened; not raised by leaven, barm or yeast.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.