Topic
Sycamore
10 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 10:27Easton · Smith · Nave Abundant in the land of Canaan
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
- Psalms 78:47Easton · Smith · Nave Destroyed by frost
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28Smith · Nave Groves of, cared for
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
- 2 Chronicles 1:15Easton · Nave Abundant in the land of Canaan
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
- Amos 7:14Smith · Nave Care of
¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
- Luke 19:4Easton · Nave Zacchaeus climbs into a
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
- 2 Chronicles 9:27Nave Abundant in the land of Canaan
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
- Isaiah 9:10Nave Abundant in the land of Canaan
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
- Jeremiah 24:2Easton
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Luke 17:6Smith
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
More properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr. sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). At Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by (Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost (Ps. 78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the “vale” (1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chr. 1:15: in both passages the R.V. has properly “lowland”), i.e., the “low country,” the shephelah, where the climate is mild. Amos (7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah (24:2). It is to be distinguished from our sycamore (the Acer pseudo-platanus), which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
sik'-a-mor.
See SYCOMORE.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.