Strong G4807συκάμινος

mulberry tree

Transliteration
sukaminos
Pronunciation
soo-kam'-ee-nos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Of Hebrew origin [H8256] in imitation of G4809; a sycamore or fig tree: - sycamine tree.

Detailed definition

συκάμινος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for שִׁקְמָה (pl.);]
the mulberry tree
(Lat. morus; cf. μόρον, 1Ma.6:34 *),
the sycamine: Luk.17:6. (In LXX, σ. appears to represent the συκόμορος (see: συκομορέα), but St. Luke distinguishes between the two; see ICC, in l; DB, iv, 634.) †
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In the Bible

Strong G4807 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tree1

First verses

  1. Luke 17:6
    And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σῡκᾰμιν-ος, ἡ,
more rarely ὁ,= μορέα, mulberry-tree, ὁ σ. συκάμιν᾽, ὁρᾷς, φορεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 38, cf. Menestor cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.3.4, “Comica Adespota” 1269, etc.; there were two kinds, red (or black) and white, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.6.4, “HP” 1.6.1, +others)]
II σ. ἡ Αἰγυπτία,= συκόμορος,[NT+3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.1.7, compare “PCair.Zen.” 83.3 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.34, NT.Luke.17.6.)]
III σ. ἀγρία, ={βάτος} (A), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Phanias Historicus 33.)]