Word Study · Strong's H8384 · Hebrew
תְּאֵן
teen
teh-ane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tᵉʼên
“the fig (tree or fruit)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the fig (tree or fruit)
Rendered in the KJV as
fig (tree).
- 39occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 20 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 35inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 39 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 35
- תְּאֵנִ֑ים3
- תְּאֵנִים֙2
- תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ2
- בִתְאֵנָה֙1
- בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה1
- הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה1
- הַתְּאֵנָה֙1
- הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים1
- הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃1
- וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה1
- וְהַתְּאֵנָ֧ה1
- וְכַתְּאֵנִים֙1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 24
- figs4
- own fig tree his4
- a fig tree3
- [the] fig tree2
- [was] figs2
- and fig tree2
- and the fig tree2
- like the figs2
- the fig tree2
- the figs2
- [are] fig trees1
- [will be] figs1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 18
- noun · masculine plural8
- noun · feminine singular5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 8
- HNcfsa · 5
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 4
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Td/Ncfsa · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HRd/Ncfsa · 2
- HRd/Ncmpa · 2
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 39, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 13:23הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃hateenimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralWhen they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.here: the figs
- Numbers 20:5וּתְאֵנָ֤הuteenahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularWhy have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”here: and fig tree
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 9:10לַתְּאֵנָ֑הlateenahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThen the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’here: to the fig tree
- Judges 9:11הַתְּאֵנָ֔הhateenahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’here: the fig tree
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 18:31תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹteenatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,here: own fig tree his
- 2 Kings 20:7תְּאֵנִ֑יםteenimnoun · masculine pluralThen Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.here: figs
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 34:4מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃miteenahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAll the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.here: from a fig tree
- Isaiah 36:16תְּאֵנָת֔וֹteenatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,here: own fig tree his
- Isaiah 38:21תְּאֵנִ֑יםteenimnoun · masculine pluralNow Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”here: figs
Jeremiah12 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:17וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָuteenatekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThey will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”here: and fig tree[s] your
- Jeremiah 8:13תְּאֵנִ֣יםteenimnoun · masculine pluralI will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”here: [will be] figs
- Jeremiah 8:13בַּתְּאֵנָ֗הbateenahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularI will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”here: on the fig tree
- Jeremiah 24:1תְאֵנִ֔יםteenimnoun · masculine pluralAfter Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.here: figs
- Jeremiah 24:2תְּאֵנִים֙teenimnoun · masculine pluralOne basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.here: [was] figs
- Jeremiah 24:2כִּתְאֵנֵ֖יkiteneipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.here: like [the] figs of
- Jeremiah 24:2תְּאֵנִים֙teenimnoun · masculine pluralOne basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.here: [was] figs
- Jeremiah 24:3תְּאֵנִ֑יםteenimnoun · masculine plural“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”here: figs
- Jeremiah 24:3הַתְּאֵנִ֤יםhateenimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”here: the figs
- Jeremiah 24:5כַּתְּאֵנִ֥יםkateenimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine plural“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.here: like the figs
- Jeremiah 24:8וְכַתְּאֵנִים֙vekhateenimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralBut like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.here: and like the figs
- Jeremiah 29:17כַּתְּאֵנִים֙kateenimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralthis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.here: like the figs
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 2:12וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּuteenatahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularI will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.here: and fig tree[s] her
- Hosea 9:10בִתְאֵנָה֙vitenahpreposition + noun · feminine singularI found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.here: on a fig tree
Joel3 occurrences
- Joel 1:7וּתְאֵנָתִ֖יuteenaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularIt has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.here: and fig tree[s] my
- Joel 1:12וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖הvehateenahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.here: and the fig tree
- Joel 2:22תְּאֵנָ֥הteenahnoun · feminine singularDo not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.here: [the] fig tree