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
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: