Fig (Easton)

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First mentioned in Genesis 3:7 . The fig-tree is mentioned (Deuteronomy 8:8 ) as one of the valuable products of Palestine. It was a sign of peace and prosperity (1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10 ). Figs were used medicinally (2 Kings 20:7 ), and pressed together and formed into 'cakes' as"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause! Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter F Bible Dictionaries Fig Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Field Next Entry Fillets Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Fig Tree Fig Thompson Chain Reference Figs Fig-Trees Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Trees: & Figs Figs; Tree Torrey Topical Textbook Fig-Tree, the Dictionaries American Tract Society Fig Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Fig Easton's Bible Dictionary Naughty Figs Fig Fausset Bible Dictionary Fig Holman Bible Dictionary Fig, Figtree Hastings' BibleDictionary Fig Hastings' NT Dictionary Fig-Tree Fig, Fig-Tree King James Dictionary Fig Morrish Bible Dictionary Fig, Fig-Tree 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Tree, Fig Sunday, Fig Fig Tree (only first 3 shown) Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Fig Tree People's Bible Dictionary Fig Tree Fig Smith Bible Dictionary Fig Tree Fig Vines' Expository Dictionary Fig Tree Fig Wilson's Bible Types Fig (Tree) Fig (Leaves) Webster Dictionary Fig-Shell Fig Elemi Figs (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Fig Tree Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Fig; Fig-Tree Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Fig-Tree Figs McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Fig Fig-Tree, Cursed. The Jewish Encyclopedia Fig and Fig-Tree Lexicons ܦ݁ܰܩܽܘܥܳܐ ܬ݁ܺܐܬ݂ܶܐ ὄλυνθος συκῆ σῦκον בִּכוּרִּים בִּכוּרָּה בָּלַס (only first 3 shown) First mentioned in Genesis 3:7 . The fig-tree is mentioned ( Deuteronomy 8:8 ) as one of the valuable products of Palestine. It was a sign of peace and prosperity ( 1 Kings 4:25 ; Micah 4:4 ; Zechariah 3:10 ). Figs were used medicinally ( 2 Kings 20:7 ), and pressed together and formed into "cakes" as articles of diet ( 1 Samuel 30:12 ; Jeremiah 24:2 ). Our Lord's cursing the fig-tree near Bethany ( Mark 11:13 ) has occasioned much perplexity from the circumstance, as mentioned by the evangelist, that "the time of figs was not yet." The explanation of the words, however, lies in the simple fact that the fruit of the fig-tree appears before the leaves, and hence that if the tree produced leaves it ought also to have had fruit. It ought to have had fruit if it had been true to its "pretensions," in showing its leaves at this particular season. "This tree, so to speak, vaunted itself to be in advance of all the other trees, challenged the passer-by that he should come and refresh himself with its fruit. Yet when the Lord accepted its challenge and drew near, it proved to be but as the others, without fruit as they; for indeed, as the evangelist observes, the time of figs had not yet arrived. Its fault, if one may use the word, lay in its pretensions, in its making a show to run before the rest when it did not so indeed" (Trench, Miracles). The fig-tree of Palestine (Ficus carica) produces two and sometimes three crops of figs in a year, (1) the bikkurah, or "early-ripe fig" ( Micah 7:1 ; Isaiah 28:4 ; Hosea 9:10 , RSV), which is ripe about the end of June, dropping off as soon as it is ripe ( Nahum 3:12 ); (2) the kermus, or "summer fig," then begins to be formed, and is ripe about August; and (3) the pag (plural "green figs," Song of Solomon 2:13 ; Gr. olynthos, Revelation 6:13 , "the untimely fig"), or "winter fig," which ripens in sheltered spots in spring.

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