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Strong's G4808 συκῆ (syke)

Syke means “fig tree” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4808 — meribah (“provocation”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4808
Language Greek
Linked Usages 43
Books 25

Strong's G4808 Quick Answer

Strong's G4808 συκῆ (suke) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. suke (soo-kay`) n. 1. a fig-tree [from G4810] It has 43 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include fig. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
suke (soo-kay`) n. 1. a fig-tree [from G4810]
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
fig

Meaning and Definition

suke (soo-kay`) n. 1. a fig-tree [from G4810] KJV: fig tree Root(s): G4810

Original Word
συκῆ
Transliteration
suke
Derivation
Root: σῦκον R1: 4810
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4808. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

fig tree

Usage: συκῆ (contr. fr. συκέα), -ῆς, ἡ (σῦκον), [in LXX for תְּאֵן ;] a fig-tree: Mat.21:19-21 24:32, Mrk.11:13, 20-21 13:28, Luk.13:6-7 21:29, Jhn.1:49, 51, Jas.3:12, Rev.6:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4808 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render suke, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

fig Matthew 21:19 15×

How Strong's G4808 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 27 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4808 (συκῆ) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4808 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4808 in the New Testament

15 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:19 KJV

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

Matthew 21:20 KJV

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Matthew 21:21 KJV

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Strong's G4808 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.

Numbers 13:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And they came to the Valley of the Cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staffs, and they took of the pomegranates and the figs.

Numbers 20:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And wherefore is this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.

Strong's G4808 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 14:12 Septuagint / Brenton

for every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4808.

Genesis 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.
Numbers 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to the Valley of the Cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staffs, and they took of the pomegranates and the figs.
Numbers 20:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wherefore is this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Judges 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come, reign over us.
Judges 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the fig tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?
4 Kingdoms 18:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favor, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink of the wine of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;
Nehemiah 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Psalms 104:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote their vines and their fig trees; And broke every tree of their coast.
Proverbs 34:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fig tree has put forth its young figs, The vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: Arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
Isaiah 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig tree.
Isaiah 36:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hearken not to Hezekiah: thus says the king of the Assyrians, If ye wish to be blessed, come out to me: and ye shall eat every one of his vine and his fig trees, and ye shall drink water out of your own cisterns;
Isaiah 38:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Isaiah had said to Hezekiah; Take a cake of figs, and mash them, and apply them as a plaster, and thou shalt be well.
Jeremiah 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig trees, and the leaves have fallen off.
Jeremiah 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried captive Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Jeremiah 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The one basket was full of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was full of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.
Hosea 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
Hosea 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig tree: they went in to Baal-peor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.
Joel 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig trees: he has utterly searched my vine, and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
Joel 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The vine is dried up, and the fig trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm tree, and apple, and all the trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have abolished joy.
Joel 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.
Micah 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every one shall rest under his vine, and every one under his fig tree; and there shall be none to alarm them: for the mouth of the Lord Almighty has spoken these words.
Nahum 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All thy strongholds are as fig trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.
Habakkuk 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, And there shall be no produce on the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall produce no food: The sheep have failed from the pasture, And there are no oxen at the cribs;
Haggai 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.
Zechariah 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, ye shall call together every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
Matthew 21:19 New Testament, KJV
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:20 New Testament, KJV
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Matthew 21:21 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Matthew 24:32 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mark 11:13 New Testament, KJV
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.
Mark 11:20 New Testament, KJV
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Mark 11:21 New Testament, KJV
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
Mark 13:28 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Luke 13:6 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 13:7 New Testament, KJV
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke 21:29 New Testament, KJV
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
John 1:48 New Testament, KJV
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
John 1:50 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
James 3:12 New Testament, KJV
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Revelation 6:13 New Testament, KJV
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
1 Maccabees 14:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4808, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 4 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4808 FAQ

What does syke (συκῆ) mean?

Syke (Strong's G4808) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fig tree". suke (soo-kay`) n. 1. a fig-tree [from G4810]

How many times is syke (συκῆ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's G4808 across 25 books.

Where can I study syke (συκῆ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4808 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate syke (συκῆ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fig. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4808 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 27 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4808, with linked reader references where each row is available.