HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8256
שִׁקְמָה
shiq.mah — sycamore
sycamore tree (bearing figs)
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Sycamore
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1177
בַּ֫עַל חָנָן
ba.al cha.nan — Baal-hanan
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.38; son of: Achbor (H5907) § Baal-hanan = "Baal is gracious" 1) an early king of Edom 2) one of David's officers, a Gederite, who had the superintendence of his olive and sycamore plantations
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4809
συκομωραία
sukomōraia — sycamore tree
συκο-μορέα (Rec. -μωραία, L, -μωρέα), -ας, ἡ, more commonly (so Aq., Sm., Psa.78:47, Isa.9:10) συκόμορος (σῦκον + μόρον, the black mulberry), a fig-mulberry, a sycamore: Luk.19:4 (cf. συκάμινος).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1103
בָּלַס
ba.las — to gather/tend figs
(Qal) to gather figs, tend sycamore trees
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1579
גִּמְזוֹ
gim.zo — Gimzo
§ Gimzo = "fertile in sycamores" a town in Judah south of the road between Jerusalem and Joppa which with its dependant villages was captured by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2602
חֲנָמֵל
cha.na.mal — frost
1) frost, flood, sleet (meaning uncertain) 1a) that which destroyed the sycamore trees
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More properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr. sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). At Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by (Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost (Ps. 78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the “vale” (1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chr. 1:15: in both passages the R.V. has properly “lowland”), i.e., the “low country,” the shephelah, where the climate is mild. Amos (7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah (24:2). It is to be distinguished from our sycamore (the Acer pseudo-platanus), which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.