Lexicon
σῦκον
sukon
G4810
G:N-N Greek

fig

4
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Greek
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Sukon denotes figs as the fruit borne, gathered, or sought from a fig tree.

The term denotes figs as fruit associated with a fig tree: they are borne or produced, gathered in contrast to thorny plants, and sought on a leafy tree.

Senses in use

  1. Figs as fruit of a fig tree · dominant

    The accusative plural form occurs where figs are the fruit a fig tree may bear or a person might gather: in James 3:12 the APB renders the contrast between a fig tree bearing olives and a vine producing figs, while Luke 6:44 and Matthew 7:16 contrast gathering figs with thorny plants. In Mark 11:13, the genitive plural form marks what was sought on a leafy fig tree, though the APB says that the time was not for figs.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the term as “figs,” whether they are produced, collected, gathered, or absent from a leafy tree. These English expressions describe the clauses rather than establishing separate meanings.

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