Fig Trees
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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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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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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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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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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Food taken by travelers. Travelers going a distance will carry food with them, which will include bread, parched grain, dried olives, dried figs, and dates. Most travelers in the East now, as in the days of JESUS, will not go any distance from home without taking barley bread or meal or parched grain sufficient to last for one or two days. When JES...
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Figs. This fruit was often used in Old Testament times, especially dried figs. Abigail took two hundred cakes of figs to David (I Samuel 25:18). A cake of figs was given the Egyptian to revive him (I Samuel 30:12), and cakes of figs were brought to David at Hebron, at a time of great rejoicing (I Chronicles 12:40). [Manners And Customs of Bible Lan...
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THE FIG TREE
Three crops of figs in Israel. The early figs, not very many in number, but large in size, are ripe a month before the main crop; the summer or main crop is used in August and September; and the winter figs remain on the trees until late in the fall of the year. Mention is made in Scripture of the firstripe figs as being desirable (Ho...
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Sitting under one's own fig tree. Several times the Old Testament makes use of this expression with the addition of the vine. It is used in various ways. In the prosperous reign of King Solomon it was said, "And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon" (I K...
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Use of figs in the Old Testament. Figs were often used in the history of Israel, especially dried figs. Abigail took two hundred cakes of figs to David (I Samuel 25:18). A cake of figs was given the Egyptian to revive him (I Samuel 30:12). And cakes of figs were brought to David at Hebron at a time of great rejoicing (I Chronicles 12:40). When King...
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