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 Kings 10:27And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28And 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:
- 2 Chronicles 1:15And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:27And 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.
- Psalms 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
- Amos 7:14Then 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: