Luke 13:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία, ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον.

Transliteration

Homoia estin zymē, which labousa gynē enekrypsen into aleurou sata three, until hou ezymōthē holon.

Grammar Details

*Homoia*: adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - like/similar
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - is
*zymē*: dative, feminine, singular - leaven/yeast
*labousa*: aorist participle, active, nominative, feminine, singular - having taken
*gynē*: nominative, feminine, singular - woman
*enekrypsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - hid/mixed in
*aleurou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of flour/meal
*sata*: accusative, neuter, plural - measures (Hebrew measure ≈ 13 liters)
*hou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of which (until when)
*ezymōthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - was leavened
*holon*: nominative, neuter, singular - whole/all

Word Meanings

*zymē*: leaven/yeast/fermenting agent
*labousa*: having taken/taking
*enekrypsen*: hid/mixed in/concealed
*aleurou*: of flour/meal
*sata*: measures (Hebrew volume measure)
*ezymōthē*: was leavened/was fermented/was affected by yeast
*holon*: whole/all/entire

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Referenced Verses

Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
1 Thess 5:23-24 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Ps 92:13-14 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit{H8799)} in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

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