What does φύραμα (phýrama) mean in the Bible?
φύραμα (phýrama) is a Greek word meaning "lump".
Greek · G5445
φύραμα
Lump
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φύραμα G5445
Pronunciation phýrama
What does φύραμα (phýrama) mean in the Bible?
φύραμα (phýrama) is a Greek word meaning "lump".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5445?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include batch [of dough] (2), batch (1), lump (1), whole batch (1).
Where does φύραμα (phýrama) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 9:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Romans (2), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It batch [of dough] 2× 1 Corinthians 5:6, Galatians 5:9
batch 1× 1 Corinthians 5:7
lump 1× Romans 9:21
whole batch 1× Romans 11:16
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 9:21 φυράματος to lump Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Romans 11:16 φύραμα to whole batch Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1 Corinthians 5:6 φύραμα to batch [of dough] Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1 Corinthians 5:7 φύραμα to batch Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Galatians 5:9 φύραμα to batch [of dough] Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 9:21
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Romans 2 1 Corinthians 2 Galatians 1
Source forms
φύραμα 4x phyrama Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 5:9
φυράματος 1x phyramatos Romans 9:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 5:6, Galatians 5:9
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 5:7
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Romans 9:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. lump
Strong's G5445
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
lump
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 9:21 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
φυράματος furamatov
a mass or lump
Read verse Romans 11:16 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
φύραμα· furama
a mass or lump
Read verse 1 Corinthians 5:6 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
φύραμα furama
a mass or lump
Read verse 1 Corinthians 5:7 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
φύραμα, furama
a mass or lump
Read verse Galatians 5:9 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
φύραμα furama
a mass or lump
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rom 11:16 · 1 Cor 5:7 2×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Rom 9:21 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 5:6 · Gal 5:9 2×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain