Quick Definition
a mass or lump
Strong's Definition
perhaps akin to G5453 (φύω) through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough
Derivation: from a prolonged form of (to mix a liquid with a solid;
KJV Usage: lump
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φύραμα, φυράματος, τό (φυράω to mix), any substance mixed with water and kneaded; a mass, lump: of dough (Num_15:20 f; (plural, Exo_8:3; Exo_12:34); Aristotle, probl. 21, 18, p. 929{a} , 25; Plutarch, quaest. conv. 6, 7, 2, 15, p. 693 e.), 1Co_5:6; Gal_5:9 (on the meaning of which passages see ζύμη); Rom_11:16; of clay (Plutarch, praec. ger. reip. 15, 4, p. 811 c.), Rom_9:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 3 Rem.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φύραμα phyrama 5x
that which is mingled and reduced to a uniform consistence, by kneading, beating, treading, etc.; a mass of potter s clay, Rom_9:21 ; of dough, 1Co_5:6-7 ; Gal_5:9 ; met. Rom_11:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φύραμα , -τος , τό
( < φυράω , to mix ),
[in LXX : Exo_8:3 (Ex 7:28) Exo_12:34 ( H4863 ), Num_15:20-21 ( H6182 ) * ;]
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 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φύραμα [page 678]
a mixture, and hence a lump (Rom. 11:16, al. ) : cf. the account of a beer-seller P Tebt II. 401 .27 (early i/A.D.) in which reference is made to φυράμ (ατος ) (ἀρτάβαι ) ε̄ (δραχμαί ), and P Lond 46 .378 (iv/A.D.) (=1. p. 77) εἰς ὅλο (ν ) τὸ φύραμα .
For the verb φυράω cf. the medical receipt P Oxy VIII. 1088 .22 (early i/A.D.) μάνναν φύρασον χυλῶι πράσωι καὶ ἐνάλιψον τὸν χυλὸν ἐνδόθεν , mix frankincense with onion-juice and apply the juice inside (Ed.), to stop nose-bleeding, ib. XIV. 1692 .21 (A.D. 188) φυράσι τὸν Πηλουσι̣[ακὸν οἶνον ?]. The compd. ἀναφυράω , mix up well, occurs in Syll 807 (= .8 1173) .9 (not earlier than A.D. 138) τέφραν μετ᾽ οἴνου ἀναφυρᾶσαι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φύραμα φύρα_μα, ατος, τό, "that which is mixed" and "kneaded, dough", NTest. [Etym: from φυ_ράω]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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