Fig
σῦκονStrong’s G4810sukon
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sukon is the Greek word usually translated “figs”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
Meaning
Usually translated “figs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- figs 3
- of figs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- James 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 11:13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
- Luke 6:44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Greek dictionary
σῦκον sukon · fig
σῦκον, -ου, τό [in LXX for תְּאֵן ] a fig: Mat.7:16, Mrk.11:13, Luk.6:44 Jas.3:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fig” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIG, noun
[Latin ficus; Heb.]
- The fruit of the fig tree, which is of a round or oblong shape, and a dark purplish color, with a pulp of a sweet taste.
- The fig tree.
All definitions and other forms of “fig”
FIG, verb transitive
- To insult with ficoes or contemptuous motions of the fingers. [Little used.]
- To put something useless into one's head. [Not used.]
FIG'-APPLE, noun
A species of apple.
FIG'-GNAT, noun
An insect of the fly kind.
FIG'-LEAF, noun
The leaf of a fig tree; also, a thin covering in allusion to the first covering of Adam and Eve.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.