Greek noun (feminine) · G4808
συκῆ
sykesoo-kay'
fig tree
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sykē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4808is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4808
a fig-tree
The King James renders it: fig tree.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
syke is rendered "fig tree". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
Matthew 21:19συκῆν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fig tree12
- a fig tree4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- συκῆν6
- συκῆ4
- συκῆς4
- συκῇ1
- συκῆ;¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular4N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
five uses
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
- συκῆsukenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
- συκῆ;¶sukenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
- συκῆςsukesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
- συκῆςsukesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Mark
four uses
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a fig tree
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
- συκῆsukenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
- συκῆςsukesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Luke
three uses
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: A fig tree
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
- συκῇsukeanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
John
two uses
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
- συκῆνsukennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”
- συκῆςsukesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: fig tree
James
one use
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- συκῆsukenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a fig tree
Revelation
one use
and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
- συκῆsukenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a fig tree
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.