ἄζυμος, -ον (ζύμη), [in LXX for מָצָּה; τὰ ἄ. (sc. λάγανα,
cakes) = הַמָצָּה;]
unleavened: ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἄ. (הַג הַמָצָּה),
the paschal feast (also called τὰ ἄ, Mrk.14:1), Luk.22:1; ἡμέρα τῶν ἄ, Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12, Luk.22:7; ἡμέραι, Act.12:3 20:6. Fig, of Christians,
free from corruption: 1Co.5:7; exhorted to keep festival, ἐν ἀζύμοις (sc. ἄρτοις, λάγανοις, or, indefinitely, "unleavened elements"), ib. 8 (Cremer, 724). (
AS)