darnel, Lolium temulentum
a weed that grows in wheat, = αἶρα II, prob. darnel, Lolium temulentum, Gp. 2.43, EM 411.46: pl., Ev.Matt. 13.25, Gp. 10.87.1. (Cf. Sumer. zizân ‘wheat’.)
The corpus record
ζιζάνιον
zizanion · τό
darnel, Lolium temulentum
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Where it lives
- Matthew 8 · 4.46/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ζιζάνια · zizania New Testament, Matthew 13.25 (DIORISIS sentence 521)
- ζιζάνια · zizania New Testament, Matthew 13.26 (DIORISIS sentence 522)
- ζιζάνια · zizania New Testament, Matthew 13.27 (DIORISIS sentence 524)
- ζιζάνια · zizania New Testament, Matthew 13.29 (DIORISIS sentence 527)
- ζιζάνια · zizania New Testament, Matthew 13.30 (DIORISIS sentence 529)
- ζιζανίων · zizaniōn New Testament, Matthew 13.36 (DIORISIS sentence 537)
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Where it came from
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