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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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Fish in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(dagh, daghah, da'gh; ichthus, ichthudion, opsarion): 1. Natural History: Fishes abound in the inland waters of Israel as well as the Mediterranean. They are often mentioned or indirectly referred to both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, but it is remarkable that no particular kind is distinguished by name. In Lev 11:9-12 and Dt 1...

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Fisher in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17)....

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Farm Scripture - Matthew 22:5

But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:...

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Fasting Scripture - Esther 4:3

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes....

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Feasts and Fasts in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh, from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"): I. PRE-EXILIC A) Annual 1. Passover, 15th-22d Nican 2. Pentecost, 6th Ciwan ) Pilgrimage 3. Tabernacles, 15th-22d Tishri ) Festivals 4. Shemini `Atsereth, 23d Tishri 5....

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Feasts Scripture - 2 Chronicles 31:3

[He appointed] also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, [to wit], for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as [it is] written in the law of the LORD....

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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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Fig Tree Scripture - Matthew 24:32

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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