2215. zizanion

Strong's Lexicon

zizanion: Tares, Weeds

Original Word: ζιζάνιον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: zizanion
Pronunciation: dziz-an'-ee-on
Phonetic Spelling: (dziz-an'-ee-on)
Definition: Tares, Weeds
Meaning: spurious wheat, darnel; a plant that grows in Palestine which resembles wheat in many ways but is worthless.

HELPS Word-studies

2215 zizánion (plural, tares/zizania) – a tare (darnel); (figuratively) a pseudo-believer (false Christian); a fruitless person living without faith from God and therefore is "all show and no go!"

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of Sumer. origin
Definition
zizanium (a kind of darnel resembling wheat)
NASB Translation
tares (8).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2215: ζιζάνιον

ζιζάνιον, ζιζανιου, τό (doubtless a word of Semitic origin; Arabic , Syriac )NzYz [] (see Schaaf, Lex. under the word, p. 148), Talmud זֲוָנִין or זוּנִין; Suidas ζιζάνιον. ἡ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ αἰρα), 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, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, under the word ).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

tares.

Of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain -- tares.

Forms and Transliterations

ζιζανια ζιζάνια ζιζάνιά ζιζανιων ζιζανίων ζίου zizania zizánia zizániá zizanion zizaniōn zizaníon zizaníōn

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 13:25 N-ANP
GRK: καὶ ἐπέσπειρεν ζιζάνια ἀνὰ μέσον
NAS: came and sowed tares among the wheat,
KJV: and sowed tares among the wheat,
INT: and sowed weeds in [the] midst

Matthew 13:26 N-NNP
GRK: καὶ τὰ ζιζάνια
NAS: then the tares became evident
KJV: then appeared the tares also.
INT: also the weeds

Matthew 13:27 N-ANP
GRK: οὖν ἔχει ζιζάνια
NAS: then does it have tares?'
KJV: then hath it tares?
INT: then has it the weeds

Matthew 13:29 N-ANP
GRK: συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα
NAS: for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot
KJV: while ye gather up the tares, ye root up
INT: gathering the weeds you should uproot with

Matthew 13:30 N-ANP
GRK: πρῶτον τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ δήσατε
NAS: gather up the tares and bind
KJV: first the tares, and
INT: first the weeds and bind

Matthew 13:36 N-GNP
GRK: παραβολὴν τῶν ζιζανίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ
NAS: to us the parable of the tares of the field.
KJV: the parable of the tares of the field.
INT: parable of the weeds of the field

Matthew 13:38 N-NNP
GRK: τὰ δὲ ζιζάνιά εἰσιν οἱ
NAS: of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons
KJV: but the tares are
INT: and [the] weeds are the

Matthew 13:40 N-NNP
GRK: συλλέγεται τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ πυρὶ
NAS: just as the tares are gathered
KJV: therefore the tares are gathered
INT: is gathered the weeds and in fire

Strong's Greek 2215
8 Occurrences

ζιζάνια — 7 Occ.
ζιζανίων — 1 Occ.