fig
te.e.nah denotes the fig tree and its fruit, appearing in cultivation, food, loss, and comparison.
The term most often identifies a fig tree in descriptions of its leaves, fruitfulness, cultivation, shelter, or failure to bear. It also names figs as gathered or prepared fruit, and fig imagery can frame comparisons involving goodness, ruin, or sudden falling.
Senses in use
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The fig tree as a cultivated or fruit-bearing tree · dominant
Singular forms occur where the clause concerns the tree itself: in Genesis 3:7 the APB renders people sewing leaves from it into coverings, while in Habakkuk 3:17 it renders the fig as failing to sprout. In Judges 9:11 the tree speaks of its sweetness and good fruit, and Micah 4:4 and Zechariah 3:10 place people under the vine and the fig tree.
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Figs as produce for eating, carrying, or treatment · common
Plural forms name tangible produce. In 2 Kings 20:7 and Isaiah 38:21 the APB renders a "cake of figs" applied to a boil; in Numbers 13:23 figs are carried with pomegranates, and in Nehemiah 13:15 they are among goods brought for sale.
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Fig imagery in comparisons of people or defenses · occasional
The term appears in explicit comparisons rather than only as agricultural description. Hosea 9:10 compares the fathers to an early fig; Jeremiah 24:5 and Jeremiah 24:8 use good and inedible figs in statements about exiles and those remaining, while Nahum 3:12 compares fortifications to figs that fall when shaken.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term through "fig tree" in clauses about trees, leaves, fruit, and shelter, and through "figs" where produce is carried, eaten, or made into a cake. These English expressions describe the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed rendering in every occurrence.