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Lexicon :: Strong's G4807 - sykaminos

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συκάμινος
Transliteration
sykaminos (Key)
Pronunciation
soo-kam'-ee-nos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin שִׁקְמָה (H8256) in imitation of συκομορέα (G4809)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:758,1100

Strong’s Definitions

συκάμινος sykáminos, soo-kam'-ee-nos; of Hebrew origin (H8256) in imitation of G4809; a sycamore-fig tree:—sycamine tree.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4807 in the following manner: sycamine tree (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4807 in the following manner: sycamine tree (1x).

  1. sycamine tree, having the form and foliage of the mulberry, but fruit resembling the fig

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συκάμινος sykáminos, soo-kam'-ee-nos; of Hebrew origin (H8256) in imitation of G4809; a sycamore-fig tree:—sycamine tree.
STRONGS G4807:
συκάμινος, συκαμινου, ἡ, Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (of which only the plural שִׁקְמִים is found in the O. T., 1 Kings 10:27; Isaiah 9:10; Amos 7:14; once שִׁקְמות), a sycamine, a tree having the form and foliage of the mulberry, but fruit resembling the fig (equivalent to συκομορέα, which see (but Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, 2nd edition, p. 396f; BB. DD., etc., regard the sycamine as the black-mulberry tree, and the sycomore as the fig-mulberry)): Luke 17:6. (Often in Theophrastus; Strabo 17, p. 823; Diodorus 1, 34; Dioscorid. 1, 22.) (Cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, p. 54; especially Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 332, cf. § 338; BB. DD., as above; 'Bible Educator' 4:343; Pickering, Chron. Hist. of Plants, pp. 106, 258.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
10:27
Isaiah
9:10
Amos
7:14
Luke
17:6

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Strong's Number G4807 matches the Greek συκάμινος (sykaminos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Baal-hanan from Geder was in charge of the king’s olive groves and sycamore-fig trees in the foothills of Judah.[fn] Joash was responsible for the supplies of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:47 - He destroyed their grapevines with hail
and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
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