Strong G3653ὄλυνθος

late fig

Transliteration
olunthos
Pronunciation
ol'-oon-thos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Of uncertain derivative; an unripe (because out of season) fig: - untimely fig.

Detailed definition

ὄλυνθος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Sng.2:13 (פַּג)*;]
an unripe fig, which grows in winter and usually falls off in the spring : Rev.6:13.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3653 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fig1

First verses

  1. Revelation 6:13
    And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄλονθος, ὁ,
(ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.113))], edible fruit of the wild fig, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 160.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.1.8, Anonymus)] (ὁ φιλόσοφος) cited in [LXX+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.77f, LXX.Cant.2.13; ὄ. χειμερινοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 33, +others)]
2 sterile summer fruit of the cultivated fig, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.133.)]
3 sterile male inflorescence of the caprifig, breeding ψῆνες, which fertilize σῦκα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193.)]