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In the Bible, it is often associated with abundance and prosperity due to its widespread growth and utility.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The sycamore tree was common in ancient Israel and Egypt, valued for its wood and fruit. Its wood was used in construction and furniture making, while its fruit, though less desirable than the common fig, was a food source for the poor. The sycamore tree's ability to thrive in various soil conditions made it a symbol of resilience and provision.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>sycamore tree<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>sycamore (1), sycamore trees (4), sycamores (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">שִׁקְמָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>sycomore tree</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">שִׁיקְמָא</font> ,<img src="/bdbgif/bdb105401.gif">, Löw<sup>No.332</sup>; hence Greek <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">συκάηινος</font> <em>mulberry</em> Lewy<sup> Fremdw.23</sup>); — plural absolute <font class="hebrew2">שִׁקְמִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/7-14.htm">Amos 7:14</a> +; suffix <font class="hebrew2">שִׁקְמוֺתָם</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47</a>; — <em>sycomore, ficus sycomorus</em> Linn (Tristr<sup>NHB397ff.</sup> Post<sup>Flora of Syria 730</sup>; Hast. DB under the word) a common tree <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-9.htm">Isaiah 9:9</a>, growing in the Shephela <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/10-27.htm">1 Kings 10:27</a>=2Chronicles 1:15=2 Chronicles 9:27,1 Chronicles 27:28; as property <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">גֶּפֶן</font>); <font class="hebrew2">בּוֺלֵס שִׁקְמִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/7-14.htm">Amos 7:14</a> <em>a tender of sycomores</em> (see [<font class="hebrew2">בַָלס</font>]). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>sycamore fruit, tree <p>Or (feminine) shiqmah {shik-maw'}; of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree) -- sycamore (fruit, tree). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם וְהַשִּׁקְמִים֙ והשקמים ושקמותם כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים כשקמים שִׁקְמִ֣ים שִׁקְמִֽים׃ שקמים שקמים׃ kaš·šiq·mîm kashshikMim kaššiqmîm shikMim šiq·mîm šiqmîm vehashshikMim veshikmoTam wə·haš·šiq·mîm wə·šiq·mō·w·ṯām wəhaššiqmîm wəšiqmōwṯām<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_kings/10-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 10:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן <b> כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים </b> אֲשֶׁר־ בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as plentiful <span class="itali">as sycamore trees</span> that are in the lowland.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> made <span class="itali">he [to be] as the sycomore trees</span> that [are] in the vale,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/10-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cedars made <span class="itali">sycamore</span> that lowland<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/27-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 27:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְעַל־ הַזֵּיתִ֤ים <b> וְהַשִּׁקְמִים֙ </b> אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the olive <span class="itali">and sycamore trees</span> in the Shephelah;<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And over the olive trees <span class="itali">and the sycomore trees</span> that [were] in the low plains<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/27-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> had charge of the olive <span class="itali">and sycamore</span> it Shephelah<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 1:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן <b> כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים </b> אֲשֶׁר־ בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as plentiful <span class="itali">as sycamores</span> in the lowland.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> made <span class="itali">he as the sycomore trees</span> that [are] in the vale<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cedars made <span class="itali">sycamores</span> it lowland<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/9-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 9:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן <b> כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים </b> אֲשֶׁר־ בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as plentiful <span class="itali">as sycamore trees</span> that are in the lowland.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> made <span class="itali">he as the sycomore trees</span> that [are] in the low plains<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/9-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cedars made <span class="itali">sycamore</span> that lowland<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/78-47.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 78:47</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם <b> וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם </b> בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/78.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with hailstones <span class="itali">And their sycamore trees</span> with frost.<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/78.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with hail, <span class="itali">and their sycomore trees</span> with frost.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-47.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hailstones their vines <span class="itali">and their sycamore</span> frost<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 9:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְגָזִ֣ית נִבְנֶ֑ה <b> שִׁקְמִ֣ים </b> גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with smooth stones; <span class="itali">The sycamores</span> have been cut down,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with hewn stones: <span class="itali">the sycomores</span> are cut down,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> smooth will rebuild <span class="itali">the sycamores</span> have been cut cedars<p><b><a href="/text/amos/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 7:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אָנֹ֖כִי וּבוֹלֵ֥ס <b> שִׁקְמִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and a grower <span class="itali">of sycamore</span> figs.<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and a gatherer <span class="itali">of sycomore fruit:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and a grower <span class="itali">of sycamore</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8256.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8256.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8256<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/kashshikmim_8256.htm">kaš·šiq·mîm — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shikmim_8256.htm">šiq·mîm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehashshikmim_8256.htm">wə·haš·šiq·mîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veshikmotam_8256.htm">wə·šiq·mō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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