Lump
φύραμαStrong’s G5445phurama
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phurama is the Greek word usually translated “lump”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?”
Meaning
Usually translated “lump”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lump 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Galatians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 11:16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- Galatians 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Greek dictionary
φύραμα phurama · lump
φύραμα, -τος, τό (φυράω, to mix), [in LXX: Exo.8:3 (Exo.7:28) Exo.12:34 (מִשְׁאֶרֶת), מִשְׁאֶרֶת), Num.15:20-21 (עֲרִיסָה) * ;] that which is mixed or kneaded, a lump: of dough, Rom.11:16, 1Co.5:6-7, Gal.5:9; of clay, Rom.9:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lump” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LUMP, noun
- A small mass of matter of no definite shape; as a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.
- A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump
- A cluster; as a lump of figs. 2 Kings 20:7
All definitions and other forms of “lump”
LUMP, verb transitive
- To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
- To take in the gross.
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.