Fig Trees
He spake also this parable; A certain [man] had a fig tree
planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,
and found none....
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And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all
the trees;...
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Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I
said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil,
that cannot be eaten, they are so evil....
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One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that
are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs,
which could not be eaten, they were so bad....
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Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is]
nigh:...
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In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man
his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree....
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fig'-tre (te'enah, plural te'enim, specially "figs"; paggim,
"green figs" only in Song 2:13; suke, "fig-tree," sukon,
"fig"):
1. Fig-Trees in the Old Testament:
The earliest Old Testament reference to the fig is to the
leaves, which Adam and Eve converted into aprons (Gen 3:7).
The promised land was described (Dt 8:8) as "a land of wheat ...
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Common to Palestine
Nu 13:23; De 8:8
-To Egypt
Ps 105:33
-Employed as a remedy
2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21
-Traffic in
Ne 13:15
-Dried and preserved
1Sa 30:12
-Cakes of, sent by Abigail to David
1Sa 25:18-35
-Aprons made of fig leaves, by Adam and Eve
Ge 3:7...
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In an allegory
Jud 9:11
-Jeremiah's parable of
Jer 24:2,3
-Barren, parable of
Lu 13:6-9; 21:29-31
-FIGURATIVE
Mt 24:32; Re 6:13...
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The fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Israel. De 8:8
Mount Olivet was famous for its fig trees in ancient times,
and they are still found there. To "sit under one's own vine
and one's own fig tree" became a proverbial expression among
the Jews to denote peace and prosperity. 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4;
Zec 3:10 The fig is a pear-shaped fruit, a...
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