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Lexicon :: Strong's G4808 - sykē

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συκῆ
Transliteration
sykē (Key)
Pronunciation
soo-kay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:751,1100

Strong’s Definitions

συκῆ sykē, soo-kay'; from G4810; a fig-tree:—fig tree.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4808 in the following manner: fig tree (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4808 in the following manner: fig tree (16x).

  1. a fig tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συκῆ sykē, soo-kay'; from G4810; a fig-tree:—fig tree.
STRONGS G4808:
συκῆ, συκῆς, ἡ (contracted from συκεα), from Homer down, Hebrew תְּאֵנָה, a fig-tree: Matthew 21:19-21; Matthew 24:32; Mark 11:13, 20; Mark 13:28; Luke 13:6; Luke 21:29; John 1:48 (49), 50 (51); James 3:12; Revelation 6:13. (Cf. Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 335.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:19; 21:20; 21:21; 24:32
Mark
11:13; 11:20; 13:28
Luke
13:6; 21:29
John
1:48
James
3:12
Revelation
6:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4808 matches the Greek συκῆ (sykē),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:23 - When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:10 - “Then they said to the fig tree,
‘You be our king!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit
just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - Then Isaiah said, “Make an ointment from figs.” So Hezekiah’s servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered!

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well,[fn] and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:33 - He ruined their grapevines and fig trees
and shattered all the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13 - The fig trees are forming young fruit,
and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming.
Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - The heavens above will melt away
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:21 - Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:13 - I will surely consume them.
There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes.
Their fruit trees will all die.
Whatever I gave them will soon be gone.
I, the LORD, have spoken!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the LORD gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the LORD’s Temple in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - The LORD says, “O Israel, when I first found you,
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:7 - It has destroyed my grapevines
and ruined my fig trees,
stripping their bark and destroying it,
leaving the branches white and bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The grapevines have dried up,
and the fig trees have withered.
The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees—
all the fruit trees—have dried up.
And the people’s joy has dried up with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22 - Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field,
for the wilderness pastures will soon be green.
The trees will again be filled with fruit;
fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:4 - Everyone will live in peace and prosperity,
enjoying their own grapevines and fig trees,
for there will be nothing to fear.
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies
has made this promise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses will fall.
They will be devoured like the ripe figs
that fall into the mouths
of those who shake the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 - I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn.[fn] You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:10 - “And on that day, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under your own grapevine and fig tree.”
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