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Lexicon :: Strong's G2215 - zizanion

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - “But while G1722 his men G444 were sleeping G2518, his enemy G2190 came G2064 and sowed G6037 [fn]weeds G2215 among G303 G3319 the wheat G4621, and left G565.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26 - “And when G3753 the [fn]wheat G5528 sprouted G985 and produced G4160 grain G2590, then G5119 the weeds G2215 also G2532 became G5316 evident G5316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - “And the slaves G1401 of the landowner G3617 came G4334 and said G3004 to him, ‘Sir G2962, did you not sow G4687 good G2570 seed G4690 in your field G68? [fn]How G4159 then G3767 does it have G2192 weeds G2215?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29 - “But he *said G5346, ‘No G3756; while you are gathering G4816 up G4816 the weeds G2215, you may uproot G1610 the wheat G4621 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 - ‘Allow G863 both G297 to grow G4885 together G4885 until G2193 the harvest G2326; and at the time G2540 of the harvest G2326 I will say G3004 to the reapers G2327, “First G4413 gather G4816 up G4816 the weeds G2215 and bind G1210 them in bundles G1197 to burn G2618 them; but gather G4863 the wheat G4621 into my barn G596.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 -

Then G5119 He left G863 the crowds G3793 and went G2064 into the house G3614. And His disciples G3101 came G4334 to Him and said G3004, “Explain G1285 to us the parable G3850 of the [fn]weeds G2215 of the field G68.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - and the field G68 is the world G2889; and as for the good G2570 seed G4690, these G3778 are the sons G5207 of the kingdom G932; and the weeds G2215 are the sons G5207 of the evil G4190 one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 - “So G3779 just G5618 as the weeds G2215 are gathered G4816 up G4816 and burned G2618 with fire G4442, so G3779 shall it be at the [fn]end G4930 of the age G165.
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