Quick Definition
ζιζάνιον, ου, τό n.n. spurious wheat, darnel
Strong's Definition
darnel or false grain
Derivation: of uncertain origin;
KJV Usage: tares
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
3.30 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
darnel grass a particularly undesirable weed resembling wheat and possessing a seed which is poisonous In this one passage in which ζιζάνιον occurs in the NT, it is possible to use an expression such as ‘poisonous weed’ or ‘bad weed.’
MAT 13:25 · MAT 13:26 · MAT 13:27 · MAT 13:29 · MAT 13:30 · MAT 13:36 · MAT 13:38 · MAT 13:40
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ζιζάνιον, -ov, ro, (doubtless a word of Semitic origin; Arab. ὋΝ > Syr. bp) [see Schaaf, Lex. s. v. p. 148], Talmud put or 721; Suid. ζιζάνιον: ἡ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ aipa), zizanium, [ A. V. tares], a kind of darnel, bastard wheat [but see reff. below], resembling wheat except that the grains are black: Mt. xiii. 25-27, 29 sq. 36, 38, 40. (Geop. [for reff. see B. D. Am. ed. p. 3177 note]). Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Loleh; Furrer in Schenkel B. L. iv. 57; [B.D., and Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, s. v. Tares].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ζιζάνιον zizanion 8x
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*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ζιζάνιον, -ου, τό
(in Talmud זוּנִין),
zizanium (EV, tares), a kind of darnel, resembling wheat: Mt 13:25-27, 29, 30, 36, 38, 40 (cf. DB, s.v. "Tares").†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ζιζάνιον (zizanion) — weed. ζιζάνιον, τό, a weed that grows in wheat, ={αἶρα} 11, probably darnel, Lolium temulentum, [NT]. (Cf. Sumer. zizân 'wheat'.)