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These trees are notable for their significance in the ancient Near East, particularly in the regions of Israel and Egypt. The sycamore tree is mentioned several times in the Scriptures, symbolizing prosperity, provision, and sometimes judgment.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm">1 Kings 10:27</a> :</b> "The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills." This passage highlights the abundance and commonality of sycamore trees during the reign of King Solomon, indicating a period of great prosperity and wealth in Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm">2 Chronicles 1:15</a> :</b> "The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills." This verse parallels the account in 1 Kings, further emphasizing the prosperity under Solomon's rule, where sycamores were plentiful.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47</a> :</b> "He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet." Here, the psalmist recounts the plagues that God sent upon Egypt, including the destruction of sycamore-fig trees, as a demonstration of His power and judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Amos 7:14</a> :</b> "I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees." The prophet Amos describes his humble beginnings, tending to sycamore-fig trees, which were a common agricultural product in the region. This highlights the everyday life and work of the people in ancient Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/luke/19-4.htm">Luke 19:4</a> :</b> "So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way." In the New Testament, the sycamore tree is famously associated with Zacchaeus, the tax collector, who climbed it to get a better view of Jesus. This event underscores the accessibility and common presence of sycamore trees in the landscape of Israel.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>Sycamore trees were valued for their wood and fruit. The wood was used in construction and for making furniture, while the fruit, though not as prized as the common fig, was a staple for the poorer classes. The trees were hardy and could grow in various soil types, making them a reliable resource in the agrarian society of ancient Israel.<br><br>In biblical symbolism, sycamores can represent both blessing and judgment. Their abundance during Solomon's reign is a testament to God's blessing and favor, while their destruction in Egypt signifies divine judgment. The sycamore's role in Amos's life illustrates the humble origins from which God often calls His prophets and servants.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br><br>The sycamore tree serves as a backdrop for significant biblical narratives, reminding believers of God's provision and the humility required to seek Him. Zacchaeus's encounter with Jesus underlines the transformative power of Christ's presence, as even a tax collector, despised by society, is given the opportunity for redemption. The sycamore tree, therefore, becomes a symbol of hope and divine encounter, illustrating that God's grace is available to all who earnestly seek Him.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8256.htm"><span class="l">8256. shiqmah -- sycamore tree</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition sycamore tree NASB Word Usage sycamore<br> (1), sycamore trees (4), <b>sycamores</b> (2). sycamore fruit, tree. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8256.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_amos.htm"><span class="l">The Prophet Amos.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> which he did not belong, and to return to his native land: "I am no prophet, nor<br> the son of a prophet, but I am a herdman; and such an one as plucketh <b>sycamores</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet amos.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xxiv_in_jericho_and.htm"><span class="l">In Jericho and at Bethany - Jericho - a Guest with Zacch??us - the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Here grew palm-trees of various kinds, <b>sycamores</b>, the cypress-flower, [5003] the<br> myrobalsamum, which yielded precious oil, but especially the balsam-plant. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxiv in jericho and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_1/chapter_i_the_nile_and_egypt.htm"><span class="l">The Nile and Egypt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There are light groves of the date-palm, groups of acacia trees and <b>sycamores</b>, square<br> patches of barley or of wheat, fields of beans or of bersim,[*] and here <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm</font><p><a href="/library/emmerich/the_life_of_the_blessed_virgin_mary/xvii_the_return_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> shrubs. This garden was as big as Duke Croy's riding school at D?锟絣men, and<br> in it were young fruit trees, date palms, and <b>sycamores</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xvii the return of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/scottish_psalter_and_paraphrases/psalm_78.htm"><span class="l">Psalm 78</span></a> <br><b>...</b> unto the locusts' spoil. ^47Their vines with hail, their <b>sycamores</b>. he with the<br> frost did blast: ^48Their beasts to hail he gave; their flocks. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 78.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wells/bible_stories_and_religious_classics/the_history_of_solomon.htm"><span class="l">The History of Solomon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There was as great abundance and plenty of gold and silver in those days in Jerusalem<br> as stones or <b>sycamores</b> that grow in the field, and horses were brought to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the history of solomon.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pink/the_antichrist/we_arrive_now_at_a.htm"><span class="l">We Arrive Now at a Branch of Our Subject Upon which the Lord's <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of God thus graciously to warn, it is equally the habit of man to say, The bricks<br> are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stone; the <b>sycamores</b> are cut down <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/we arrive now at a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_4/chapter_iisyria_at_the_beginning.htm"><span class="l">Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Beyond Raphia vegetation becomes more abundant, groups of <b>sycamores</b> and mimosas<br> and clusters of date-palms appear on the horizon, villages surrounded with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/fifteen_thousand_useful_phrases/section_viii_striking_similes.htm"><span class="l">Striking Similes</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Like shy elves hiding from the traveler's eye. Like skeletons, the <b>sycamores</b> uplift<br> their wasted hands. Like some grave night thought threading a dream. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_1/chapter_iii_-the_legendary_history_of.htm"><span class="l">the Legendary History of Egypt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Soon he came to one of those <b>sycamores</b> which grow in the sand far away from<br> the Nile, and are regarded as magic trees by the fellahin. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sycamores.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sycamores</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Sycamores</b> (7 Occurrences). 1 Kings 10:27 And the<br> king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sycamores.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gimzo.htm"><span class="l">Gimzo (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A place fertile in <b>sycamores</b>, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of<br> which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chronicles 28:18). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gimzo.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/geder.htm"><span class="l">Geder (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 12:13 f). It may be the city called "Beth-gader" in 1 Chronicles 2:51, and the<br> birthplace of Baal-hanan, who had charge of David's olives and <b>sycamores</b> (27:28 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/geder.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/felled.htm"><span class="l">Felled (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 9:10 The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone<br> in their place: the <b>sycamores</b> are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/felled.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/renew.htm"><span class="l">Renew (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 9:10 Bricks have fallen, and hewn<br> work we build, <b>Sycamores</b> have been cut down, and cedars we renew.' (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/renew.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/destroyeth.htm"><span class="l">Destroyeth (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> it destroyeth them, (YLT). Psalms 78:47 He destroyeth with hail their vine,<br> And their <b>sycamores</b> with frost, (YLT). Psalms 91:6 Of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/destroyeth.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gather.htm"><span class="l">Gather (251 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Gatherer occurs in Amos 7:14 as the translation of bolec, from balac, to cultivate<br> figs or <b>sycamores</b>, "a gatherer of sycamore fruit," the Revised Version <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gather.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cultivator.htm"><span class="l">Cultivator (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Amos 7:14 And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I 'am' no prophet, nor a<br> prophet's son 'am' I, but a herdsman I 'am', and a cultivator of <b>sycamores</b>, (YLT <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cultivator.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sycamore-fig.htm"><span class="l">Sycamore-fig (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7:14 And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I 'am' no prophet, nor a prophet's<br> son 'am' I, but a herdsman I 'am', and a cultivator of <b>sycamores</b>, (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sycamore-fig.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sycamore-tree.htm"><span class="l">Sycamore-tree (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Sycamore-tree. <b>Sycamores</b>, Sycamore-tree. Sycamore-trees . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>...</b> (WBS). <b>Sycamores</b>, Sycamore-tree. Sycamore-trees . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sycamore-tree.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sycamores (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm">1 Kings 10:27</a></span><br />And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span> that are in the lowland for abundance.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">1 Chronicles 27:28</a></span><br />and over the olives, and the <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span>, that 'are' in the low country, 'is' Baal-Hanan the Gederite; and over the treasures of oil 'is' Joash;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm">2 Chronicles 1:15</a></span><br />And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span> that are in the lowland for abundance.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-27.htm">2 Chronicles 9:27</a></span><br />And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span> that are in the lowland for abundance.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalms 78:47</a></span><br />He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span> with frost,<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Amos 7:14</a></span><br />And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I 'am' no prophet, nor a prophet's son 'am' I, but a herdsman I 'am', and a cultivator of <span class="boldtext">sycamores</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sycamores.htm">Sycamores</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sycamore.htm">Sycamore (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/z/zacchaeus.htm">Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/uprooted.htm">Uprooted (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rooted.htm">Rooted (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/ran.htm">Ran (100 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mustard.htm">Mustard (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/plant.htm">Plant (92 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/planted.htm">Planted (105 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/climbed.htm">Climbed (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ahead.htm">Ahead (98 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sycamores.htm">Sycamores (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sycamore-trees.htm">Sycamore-trees (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gather.htm">Gather (251 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/root.htm">Root (54 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/obey.htm">Obey (219 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/grain.htm">Grain (413 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tree.htm">Tree (245 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seed.htm">Seed (337 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/order.htm">Order (809 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/faith.htm">Faith (769 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pass.htm">Pass (1172 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/sycamore-figs.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Sycamore-figs"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Sycamore-figs" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/sycamores_and_cedars.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sycamores and Cedars"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sycamores and Cedars" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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