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Lexicon :: Strong's H8256 - šiqmâ

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שִׁקְמָה
Transliteration
šiqmâ
Pronunciation
shik-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 2455

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁקְמָה shiqmâh, shik-maw'; or (feminine) שִׁקְמָה shiqmâh; of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree):—sycamore (fruit, tree).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H8256 in the following manner: sycamore tree (5x), sycamore (1x), sycamore fruit (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H8256 in the following manner: sycamore tree (5x), sycamore (1x), sycamore fruit (1x).

  1. sycamore tree (bearing figs)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁקְמָה shiqmâh, shik-maw'; or (feminine) שִׁקְמָה shiqmâh; of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree):—sycamore (fruit, tree).
STRONGS H8256: Abbreviations
† [שִׁקְמָה] noun feminine sycomore tree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic שִׁיקְמָא,bdb105401, LöwNo.332; hence Greek συκάηινος mulberry Lewy Fremdw.23); — plural absolute שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 +; suffix שִׁקְמוֺתָם Psalm 78:47; — sycomore, ficus sycomorus Linn (TristrNHB 397ff. PostFlora of Syria 730; Hast. DB under the word) a common tree Isaiah 9:9, growing in the Shephela 1 Kings 10:27 = 2 Chronicles 1:15 = 2 Chronicles 9:27, 1 Chronicles 27:28; as property Psalm 78:47 (|| גֶּפֶן); בּוֺלֵס שִׁקְמִים Amos 7:14 a tender of sycomores (see [בַָלס]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

10:27

1 Chronicles

27:28

2 Chronicles

1:15; 9:27

Psalms

78:47; 78:47

Isaiah

9:9

Amos

7:14; 7:14

H8256

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8256 matches the Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (šiqmâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver to be in Yerushalayim as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Ba`al-Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Yo'ash:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold to be in Yerushalayim as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver to be in Yerushalayim as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:47 - He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycamores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:14 - Then `Amos answered Amatzyah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore trees;
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