GREEK · G2215
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)
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Tares
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GREEK · G9729
χιλιαρχία
chiliarchia — a command of a thousand
1. the office or post of χιλίαρχος, (Xenophon Historicus) 2. the office of the tribuni militares , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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The bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matt. 13:25-30. It is the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, the seeds of which are a strong soporific poison. It bears the closest resemblance to wheat till the ear appears, and only then the difference is discovered. It grows plentifully in Syria and Palestine.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.