Matthew 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
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Tares
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Matthew 13:40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
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ζιζάνιον
zizánion · dziz-an'-ee-on
8 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
darnel or false grain
Strong's KJV usage: :--tares.
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Strong's first: Matthew 13:25Strong's last: Matthew 13:40
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But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
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But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
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So 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?
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But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
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Let 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.
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Then 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.
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The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
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As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
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tar
T'AR, noun [Eng. tare, in commerce.]
1. A thick resinous substance of a dark brown or black color, obtained from pine and fir trees, by burning the wood with a close smothering heat.
Tar inspissated is called pitch, and is much used in ships and cordage.
2. A sailor; so called form his tarred clothes.
T'AR, verb transitive To smear with tar; as, to tar ropes.
1. To tease; to provoke. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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