Weed
ζιζάνιονStrong’s G2215zizanion
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Zizanion is the Greek word usually translated “weeds”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.”
Meaning
Usually translated “weeds”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- weeds 7
- the weeds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 8
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
- Matthew 13:27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Matthew 13:29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Greek dictionary
ζιζάνιον zizanion · weed
ζιζάνιον, -ου, τό (in Talmud זוּנִין), zizanium (EV, tares), a kind of darnel, resembling wheat: Mat.13:25-40 (cf. DB, see word "Tares").† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEED, noun
- The general name of any plant that is useless or noxious.
- Any kind of unprofitable substance among ores in mines, as mundic or marcasite.
All definitions and other forms of “weed”
WEED, noun
- Properly, a garment, as in Spenser, but now used only in the plural, weeds, for the mourning apparel of a female; as a widows weeds.
- An upper garment.
WEED, verb transitive
- To free from noxious plants; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
- To take away, as noxious plants; as, to weed a writing of invectives.
- To free from any thing hurtful or offensive; as, to weed a kingdom of bad subjects.
- To root out vice; as, to weed the hearts of the young.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.