What does ζιζάνιον (zizánion) mean in the Bible?
ζιζάνιον (zizánion): Weeds deceptively resembling wheat until harvest, symbolizing hidden evil within God's kingdom
Greek · G2215
ζιζάνιον
Darnel or false grain
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ζιζάνιον G2215
Pronunciation zizánion
What does ζιζάνιον (zizánion) mean in the Bible?
ζιζάνιον (zizánion): Weeds deceptively resembling wheat until harvest, symbolizing hidden evil within God's kingdom
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2215?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include weeds (5), [The] weeds (1), [the] weeds {come from} (1), weeds [now] (1).
Where does ζιζάνιον (zizánion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (8).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It weeds 5× Matthew 13:25, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:36
[The] weeds 1× Matthew 13:38
[the] weeds {come from} 1× Matthew 13:27
weeds [now] 1× Matthew 13:29
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:25 ζιζάνια to weeds Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:26 ζιζάνια to weeds Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:27 ζιζάνια to [the] weeds {come from} Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:29 ζιζάνια to weeds [now] Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:30 ζιζάνια to weeds Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:36 ζιζανίων to weeds Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 13:38 ζιζάνιά to [The] weeds Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:40 ζιζάνια to weeds Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:25
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 1
Matthew 8
Source forms
ζιζάνια 6x zizania Matthew 13:25, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:29
ζιζάνιά 1x zizania Matthew 13:38
ζιζανίων 1x zizaniōn Matthew 13:36
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 4x Matthew 13:25, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:29, Matthew 13:30
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 3x Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:38, Matthew 13:40
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Matthew 13:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Weeds deceptively resembling wheat until harvest, symbolizing hidden evil within God's kingdom
Strong's G2215
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 13:24–30 Source Gloss
darnel or false grain
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Weeds deceptively resembling wheat until harvest, symbolizing hidden evil within God's kingdom
(in Talmud זוּנִין), zizanium (EV, tares), a kind of darnel, resembling wheat: Mat.13:25-40 (cf. DB, see word "Tares").
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:25 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:26 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια. zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:27 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια; zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:29 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια, zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:30 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια, zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:36 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ζιζανίων zizaniwn
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:38 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνιά zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verse Matthew 13:40 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ζιζάνια zizania
spurious wheat, darnel
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:26 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 13:40 3×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:36 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:25 · Matt 13:27 · Matt 13:29 · Matt 13:30 4×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
weed resembling wheat
Showing 1 selected witness from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ζιζάνιον is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Illustrates deceptive evil within the kingdom’s visible sphere. Matthew 13:24–30
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain