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ζιζάνιον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ζιζάνιον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
zizanion
Simplified transliteration: 
zizanion
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2215
GK Number: 
2429
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2c
Gloss: 
weed, darnel, or some other troublesome weed
Definition: 
zizanium, darnel, spurious wheat, a plant found in Palestine, which resembles wheat both in its stalk and grain, but is worthless, Mt. 13:25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 38, 40*

Greek-English Concordance for ζιζάνιον

Matthew 13:25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | acc pl neut) among the wheat and went away.
Matthew 13:26 When the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | nom pl neut) appeared as well.
Matthew 13:27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’ (zizania | ζιζάνια | acc pl neut)
Matthew 13:29 But he replied, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | acc pl neut) you uproot the wheat along with them.
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the harvesters, “First gather the weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | acc pl neut) and bind them into bundles to be burned, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Matthew 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 (zizaniōn | ζιζανίων | gen pl neut) in the field.”
Matthew 13:38 and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | nom pl neut) are the sons of the evil one;
Matthew 13:40 Therefore just as the weeds (zizania | ζιζάνια | nom pl neut) are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.