Strong H8256שִׁקְמָה

sycamore

Transliteration
shâqâm shiqmâh
Pronunciation
{shaw-kawm'} shik-maw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

(The second form is feminine); of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree): - sycamore ({fruit} tree).

Detailed definition

sycamore tree (bearing figs)

In the Bible

Strong H8256 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tree5
  • fruit1
  • sycomores1

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 10:27
    And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:28
    And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal–hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:15
    And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:27
    And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
  5. Psalms 78:47
    He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
  6. Isaiah 9:10
    The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
  7. Amos 7:14
    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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