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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 everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26 - When the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29 - But he said, 'No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 - Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'"
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 in the field."
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 - As the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
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