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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]).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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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 Box1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king H4428 made H5414 silver H3701 as common as stones H68 in Jerusalem, H3389 and he made H5414 cedars H730 as plentiful H7230 as sycamore H8256 trees H8256 that are in the [fn]lowland. H8219

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Baal-hanan H1177 the Gederite H1451 had charge H5921 of the olive H2132 and sycamore H8256 trees H8256 in the [fn]Shephelah; H8219 and Joash H3135 had charge H5921 of the stores H214 of oil. H8081

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king H4428 made H5414 silver H3701 and gold H2091 as plentiful H7230 in Jerusalem H3389 as stones, H68 and he made H5414 cedars H730 as plentiful H7230 as sycamores H8256 in the [fn]lowland. H8219

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king H4428 made H5414 silver H3701 as common as stones H68 in Jerusalem, H3389 and he made H5414 cedars H730 as plentiful H7230 as sycamore H8256 trees H8256 that are in the [fn]lowland. H8219

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:47 - He [fn]destroyed H2026 their vines H1612 with hailstones H1259
And their sycamore H8256 trees H8256 with frost. H2602

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks H3843 have fallen H5307 down, H5307
But we will rebuild H1129 with smooth H1496 stones; H1496
The sycamores H8256 have been cut H1438 down, H1438
But we will replace H2498 them with cedars.” H730

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:14 - Then Amos H5986 replied H6030 to Amaziah, H558 “I am not a prophet, H5030 nor H3808 am I the son H1121 of a prophet; H5030 for I am a herdsman H951 and a [fn]grower H1103 of sycamore H8256 figs. H1103
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