"a fig, a ripe fig, Mt. 7:16; Mk. 11:13; Lk. 6:44; Jas. 3:12*"
Definition and meaning
a fig, a ripe fig, Mt. 7:16; Mk. 11:13; Lk. 6:44; Jas. 3:12*
In the original Greek the word is written: σῦκον
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of sykon (G4810) across the King James Bible.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
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Common questions
Strong's G4810 (sykon) is a Greek word that means: a fig, a ripe fig, Mt. 7:16; Mk. 11:13; Lk. 6:44; Jas. 3:12* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word sykon (G4810) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4810 is sykon, a Greek word defined as: a fig, a ripe fig, Mt. 7:16; Mk. 11:13; Lk. 6:44; Jas. 3:12*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
sykon is a Greek word found in the New Testament.