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Lexicon :: Strong's G2215 - zizanion

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ζιζάνιον
Transliteration
zizanion (Key)
Pronunciation
dziz-an'-ee-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain origin
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Strong’s Definitions

ζιζάνιον zizánion, dziz-an'-ee-on; of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain:—tares.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2215 in the following manner: tares (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2215 in the following manner: tares (8x).
  1. a kind of darnel, resembling wheat except the grains are black

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζιζάνιον zizánion, dziz-an'-ee-on; of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain:—tares.
STRONGS G2215:
ζιζάνιον, -ου, τό, (doubtless a word of Semitic origin; Arabic Zizanion in Arabic, Syriac Zizanion in Syriac [see Schaaf, Lex. under the word, p. 148], Talmud זֲוָנִין or זוּנִין; Suidas ζιζάνιον· ἐν τῷ σίτῳ αἶρα), zizanium, [A. V. tares], a kind of darnel, bastard wheat [but see references below], resembling wheat except that the grains are black: Matthew 13:25-27, 29f, 38, 38, 40. (Geoponica [for references see B. D. American edition, p. 3177 note]). Cf. Winers RWB under the word Lolch; Furrer in Schenkel B. L. 4:57; [B. D., and Tristram, National History of the Bible, under the word Tares].
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Strong's Number G2215 matches the Greek ζιζάνιον (zizanion),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 -

“But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26 -

“When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 -

“The landowner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29 -

“ ‘No,’ he said. ‘When you pull up the weeds, you might also uproot the wheat with them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 -

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 -

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 -

“the field is the world; and the good seed ​— ​these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 -

“Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

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