5445. phurama

Strong's Lexicon

phurama: Lump, dough

Original Word: φύραμα
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: phurama
Pronunciation: foo'-rah-mah
Phonetic Spelling: (foo'-ram-ah)
Definition: Lump, dough
Meaning: a mass or lump, as of bread dough.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb φύρω (phurō), meaning "to mix" or "to knead."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "phurama," the concept of leaven and dough is present in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the context of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (e.g., Exodus 12:15, Strong's Hebrew 4682 - matstsah).

Usage: The term "phurama" refers to a mixture or mass, specifically of dough or clay. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe a collective entity or group that is influenced or transformed by an element within it, such as leaven in dough.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, bread-making was a common daily activity, and the process of kneading dough was well understood by the people. Leaven, or yeast, was a small but powerful agent that caused the dough to rise, symbolizing influence and transformation. This imagery was often used in Jewish teachings to illustrate how a small element can permeate and change the whole.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from phuraó (to mix)
Definition
that which is mixed
NASB Translation
lump (5).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5445: φύραμα

φύραμα, φυράματος, τό (φυράω to mix), any substance mixed with water and kneaded; a mass, lump: of dough (Numbers 15:20f; (plural, Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34); Aristotle, probl. 21, 18, p. 929{a}, 25; Plutarch, quaest. conv. 6, 7, 2, 15, p. 693 e.), 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9 (on the meaning of which passages see ζύμη); Romans 11:16; of clay (Plutarch, praec. ger. reip. 15, 4, p. 811 c.), Romans 9:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3 Rem.).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

lump.

From a prolonged form of phuro (to mix a liquid with a solid; perhaps akin to phuo through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough -- lump.

see GREEK phuo

Forms and Transliterations

εφύρασε πεφυραμένη πεφυραμένην πεφυραμένης πεφυραμένους πέφυρμαι πεφυρμένη πεφυρμένην πεφυρμένον πεφυρμένος φυραμα φύραμα φυράμασί φυράματα φυραματος φυράματος φυράματων φυράσεως φύρασον φύρεται φυρμόν φύρονται φυσητήρ φυσών phurama phuramatos phyrama phýrama phyramatos phyrámatos

Englishman's Concordance

Romans 9:21 N-GNS
GRK: τοῦ αὐτοῦ φυράματος ποιῆσαι ὃ
NAS: to make from the same lump one vessel
KJV: of the same lump to make
INT: the same lump to make one

Romans 11:16 N-NNS
GRK: καὶ τὸ φύραμα καὶ εἰ
NAS: [of dough] is holy, the lump is also;
KJV: [be] holy, the lump [is] also
INT: also the lump and if

1 Corinthians 5:6 N-ANS
GRK: ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ
NAS: leavens the whole lump [of dough]?
KJV: leaveneth the whole lump?
INT: all the lump leavens

1 Corinthians 5:7 N-NNS
GRK: ἦτε νέον φύραμα καθώς ἐστε
NAS: that you may be a new lump, just
KJV: ye may be a new lump, as ye are
INT: you might be a new lump as you are

Galatians 5:9 N-ANS
GRK: ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ
NAS: leavens the whole lump [of dough].
KJV: leaveneth the whole lump.
INT: all the lump leavens

Strong's Greek 5445
5 Occurrences

φύραμα — 4 Occ.
φυράματος — 1 Occ.