Definition
ζιζάνιον, -ου, τό
(in Talmud זוּנִין),
zizanium (EV, tares), a kind of darnel, resembling wheat: Matthew 13:25-40 (cf. DB, see word "Tares").
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Matthew 13:25ζιζάνια · weedsBut while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
- Matthew 13:26ζιζάνια · weedsWhen the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
- Matthew 13:27ζιζάνια · [the] weeds {come from}The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
- Matthew 13:29ζιζάνια · weeds [now]‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
- Matthew 13:30ζιζάνια · weedsLet both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Matthew 13:36ζιζανίων · weedsThen Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
- Matthew 13:38ζιζάνιά · [The] weedsThe field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
- Matthew 13:40ζιζάνια · weedsAs the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.