Strong G4810σῦκον
fig
- Transliteration
- sukon
- Pronunciation
- soo'-kon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a fig: - fig.
Detailed definition
σῦκον, -ου, τό
[in LXX for תְּאֵן ]
a fig: Mat.7:16, Mrk.11:13, Luk.6:44 Jas.3:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX for תְּאֵן ]
a fig: Mat.7:16, Mrk.11:13, Luk.6:44 Jas.3:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4810 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fig4
First verses
- Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Mark 11:13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
- Luke 6:44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σῦκον,
Boeotian dialect τῦκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 47.5))], τό, fruit of the συκῆ, fig, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.121, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, etc.)]; βασίλεια σ. were a large kind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 241)]; to eat figs in the heat of the day was thought to cause fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 463, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 12)]; ξηρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845b: proverbial, ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων)] 'as different as chalk from cheese', [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 4.2)]; σύκῳ.. σ. οὐδὲ ἓν οὕτως ὅμοιον γέγονεν poetical cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.8b. 2, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.60; τὰ σῦκα σῦκα.. ὀνομάζων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 41 (compare σκάφη))]; σῦκα αἰτεῖν, proverbial for τρυφᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 302 (Lyric poetry))]; σῦκον χειμῶνος ζητεῖν, of a foolish enterprise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 11.33.)]
2 σ. Αἰγύπτιον, fruit of κερωνία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.4, “Od.” 5.)]
II from its shape, a large wart on the eyelids, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1247, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.7)]; of tumours in other places, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.200, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 7.40.)]
III pudenda muliebria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1350.)]
Boeotian dialect τῦκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 47.5))], τό, fruit of the συκῆ, fig, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.121, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, etc.)]; βασίλεια σ. were a large kind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 241)]; to eat figs in the heat of the day was thought to cause fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 463, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 12)]; ξηρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845b: proverbial, ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων)] 'as different as chalk from cheese', [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 4.2)]; σύκῳ.. σ. οὐδὲ ἓν οὕτως ὅμοιον γέγονεν poetical cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.8b. 2, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.60; τὰ σῦκα σῦκα.. ὀνομάζων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 41 (compare σκάφη))]; σῦκα αἰτεῖν, proverbial for τρυφᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 302 (Lyric poetry))]; σῦκον χειμῶνος ζητεῖν, of a foolish enterprise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 11.33.)]
2 σ. Αἰγύπτιον, fruit of κερωνία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.4, “Od.” 5.)]
II from its shape, a large wart on the eyelids, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1247, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.7)]; of tumours in other places, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.200, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 7.40.)]
III pudenda muliebria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1350.)]