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Fig in Easton's Bible Dictionary

First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products of Israel. It was a sign of peace and prosperity (1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zech. 3:10). Figs were used medicinally (2 Kings 20:7), and pressed together and formed into "cakes" as articles of diet (1 Sam. 30:12; Jer. 24:2). Our Lord's cursin...

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Fig Tree Scripture - 1 Kings 4:25

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon....

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Figs Scripture - Jeremiah 24:2

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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Fig Tree Scripture - Micah 4:4

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make [them] afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken [it]....

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Figs Scripture - Jeremiah 24:3

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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Fig Tree Scripture - Zechariah 3:10

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 Tree Scripture - Luke 13:6

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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Fig Tree in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Fig Tree Scripture - Luke 21:29

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;...

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Fig in Naves Topical Bible

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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