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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
mGNT
8x in 3 unique form(s) TR
8x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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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· ἡ 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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:25; 13:26; 13:27; 13:29; 13:38; 13:38; 13:40

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Strong's Number G2215 matches the Greek ζιζάνιον (zizanion),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[fn] among the wheat and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26 - So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - And the servants[fn] of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29 - But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 - Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 - Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
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