Quick Definition
ὄλυνθος, ου, ὁ n.m. an unripe fig
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; an unripe (because out of season) fig
KJV Usage: untimely fig
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
3.37 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
late fig fruit of the fig tree συκῆ, produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens) In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (REV 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄλυνθος, -ov, 6, an unripe fig (Lat. grossus), which grows during the winter, yet does not come to maturity but falls off in the spring [cf. B. D. s.v. Fig]: Rev. vi.13. (Hes. fr. 14; Hdt. 1, 193; Dioscorid. 1, 185; Theophr. caus. plant. 5,9, 12; Sept. cant. ii. 13.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄλυνθος olynthos 1x
an unripe or unseasonable fig, such as, shaded by the foliage, does not ripen at the usual season, but hangs on the trees during winter, Rev. 6:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄλυνθος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Ca 2:13 (פַּגָּה)*;]
an unripe fig, which grows in winter and usually falls off in the spring: Re 6:13.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὄλυνθος (olunthos) — late fig. ὄλονθος, ὁ, (ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+], edible fruit of the wild fig, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (ὁ φιλόσοφος) cited in [LXX+5th c.BC+]
2. sterile summer fruit of the cultivated fig, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. sterile male inflorescence of the caprifig, breeding ψῆνες, which fertilize σῦκα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
