Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8256: שִׁקְמָה

shiqmâh · pronounced shik-maw' · “sycamore”

Definition

a sycamore (usually the tree)

KJV translates it as: sycamore (fruit, tree).

Word origin: or (feminine) שִׁקְמָה; of uncertain derivation;

Extended definition

sycamore tree (bearing figs)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8256 is translated

  • sycamores ×5
  • sycamore-fig trees ×1
  • their ×1

Bible verses with H8256 (shiqmâh)

Shiqmâh appears in 7 verses.

  • 1 Kings 10:27

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:28

    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 1:15

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:27

    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.

  • Psalms 78:47

    He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

  • Isaiah 9:10

    The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

  • Amos 7:14

    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:

Words derived from H8256