Quick Definition
συκῆ, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a fig-tree
Strong's Definition
a fig-tree
Derivation: from G4810 (σῦκον);
KJV Usage: fig tree
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | σῦκον
3.5 · Plants · Trees
fig tree fruit tree; grows 5–8 m high; round crown and very deep roots; Ficus carica; fruit is about the size of a hen’s egg and can be green, yellow, purple, or brown depending on the type, and is sweet and soft In Palestine the fig tree occurs in both wild and cultivated forms and the latter is greatly valued for its sweet, edible fruit. It normally produces two crops each year: early figs ripening in June (late spring) and late ones in August and September (early fall).
For languages in which a term for ‘fig tree’ is not known, one can often employ a borrowed term with a so-called ‘classifier,’ for example, ‘a tree called fig’ or ‘a fruit tree producing fruit called figs.’ In many tropical areas of the world there are forest trees belonging to the botanical family of fig trees, but such trees generally produce inedible fruit. It may, however, be possible for a translator to use the term for such a forest tree but with the added explanation as to the fruit- bearing quality of the trees mentioned in the Bible.
MAT 21:19 · MAT 21:19 · MAT 21:20 · MAT 21:21 · MAT 24:32 · MRK 11:13 · MRK 11:20 · MRK 11:21 · MRK 13:28 · LUK 13:6 · LUK 13:7 · LUK 21:29 · JHN 1:48 · JHN 1:50 · JAS 3:12 · REV 6:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συκῆ, -ῆς, ἡ, (contr. fr. συκέα), fr. Hom. down, Hebr. MIND, α fig-tree: Mt. xxi. 19-21; xxiv. 32; Mk. xi. 13, 20 sq.; xiii. 28; Lk. xiii. 6 sq.; xxi. 29; Jn. i. 48 (49), 50 (51); das. iii. 12; Rev. vi.13. [Cf. Léw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, ὃ 335. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συκῆ sykē 16x
a fig tree, Mt. 21:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συκῆ (contr. fr. συκέα), -ῆς, ἡ
(< σῦκον), [in LXX for תְּאֵנָה ;]
a fig-tree: Mt 21:19-21 24:32, Mk 11:13, 20, 21 13:28, Lk 13:6, 7 21:29, Jo 1:49, 51, Ja 3:12, Re 6:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συκῆ, ‘*fig-tree”? (Mt 2119, αὐ}: PSI V. 4995 (B.c. 257-6) σπούδασον δὲ kal Kpadas ἀποστεῖλαι τῶν συκῶν. For the adj. σύκινος see P Cairo Zen I. 590331" (B.c. 257) σύκινα Xta, ‘*Chian jars containing figs,” and P Tebt II. 513
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συκῆ (sukē) — fig tree. Included with: σῡκέα, ἡ, only Doric dialect (see. συκία), Epic dialect nominative plural συκέαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect accusative singular συκέην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; elsewhere only in contraction or analogical forms from συκῆ (Epic dialect and Ionic dialect nominative συκῆ [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—fig-tree, Ficus Carica, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; for various kinds, see [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱερὰ σ. a suburb of Eleusis, where Demeter first produced the fig-tree, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. σ. Αἰγυπτία,= κερωνία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. σ. περὶ τὴν Ἴδην, Amelanchier, Amelanchias vulgaris, [Refs]
4. ={χαμαισύκη}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
5. banyan, Ficus bengalensis, [Refs]
II. ={σῦκον} 1, fig, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. a tar or resin in Aleppo pine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. a kind of spurge,= πέπλιον, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]
V. ={σῦκον} [Refs]excrescence on the body, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI. a seaweed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]