H8256 - שִׁקְמָה (shiqmâh)

H8256 שִׁקְמָה (shiqmâh) shik-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

sycamore

Strong's Definition

a sycamore (usually the tree)

Derivation: or (feminine) שִׁקְמָה; of uncertain derivation;

KJV Usage: sycamore (fruit, tree).

TWOT Reference: 2455

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sycamore tree (bearing figs)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4807

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

sycamore tree (bearing figs)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁקְמָה / שָׁקָם shâqâm / shiqmâh BDB Definition: 1) sycamore tree (bearing figs) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of uncertain derivation Same Word by TWOT Number: 2455 Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

10:27

27:28

1:15 9:27

78:47

9:10

7:14

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

1 Chronicles 27:28

Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.

2 Chronicles 1:15

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

2 Chronicles 9:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Isaiah 9:10

The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.

Amos 7:14

I... was not a prophet, Amos replied -, [nor was I] the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman [and] a tender of sycamore-fig trees.