συκῆ
sukē
fig tree
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredSukē (G4808) is a Greek term that refers to the fig tree. Its meaning is literal, representing a type of tree that produces fruit known as figs. With 16 occurrences in the Bible, sukē is a relatively common word, suggesting its importance in ancient Jewish and Greek cultures. The usage of sukē spans across various contexts in the Bible, from natural descriptions of the tree's appearance and fruit, to metaphorical references to nations, royalty, and divine protection. Its significance lies in its symbolism, which often conveys fertility, abundance, and promise of blessing. The fig tree's association with Israel's history and biblical narrative reinforces its cultural and spiritual significance. Given its frequency and versatility, sukē plays a notable role in the biblical narrative, illustrating the interconnectedness of nature, culture, and spirituality in ancient Jewish and Greek worlds.
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Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
Matthew 21:21Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
Matthew 24:32“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
Mark 11:13Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Mark 11:20As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
Mark 11:21Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
Mark 13:28“Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
Luke 13:6He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
Luke 13:7He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’
Luke 21:29He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees.
John 1:48Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:50Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”
James 3:12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
Revelation 6:13The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.