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ἐγκρύπτω
egkruptō
G1470
G:V Greek

to mix

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egkrupto describes a woman’s completed act involving leaven and flour in Jesus’ parable.

The single attested use describes a woman’s completed action involving leaven and three seahs of flour, followed by the whole amount becoming leavened.

Senses in use

  1. A woman’s completed action with leaven and flour · dominant

    In Matthew 13:33, ἐνέκρυψεν is a third-person singular aorist active indicative in the parable’s statement about a woman, leaven, and three seahs of flour. The APB renders the verse, “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and mixed into three seahs of flour until all was leavened.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 13:33, the APB presents the action with “mixed into” in its translation of the woman, leaven, and flour.

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