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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἄζυμος
ἄζυμος
G106
Transliteration: ázymos
Pronunciation: ad'-zoo-mos
Definition: unleavened
- Original: ἄζυμος - Transliteration: Azumos - Phonetic: ad'-zoo-mos
- Definition:
1. unfermented, free from leaven or yeast
a. of the unleavened loaves used in the paschal feast of the Jews
b. metaph. free from faults or the "leaven of iniquity"
- Origin: from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and G2219" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2219 - TDNT entry: 17:02,3 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and G2219" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2219; unleavened that is (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neuter plural) specifically (by implication) the Passover week: - unleavened (bread).