Dictionary of Bible Themes A tree common in the Near East, with soft, sweet fruit which can be eaten fresh or dried. The fruit was an important part of the diet in biblical times and the tree was symbolic of peace and security. Judges 9:10-11Figs See also Figs prized as a sweet, pleasant fruit Numbers 13:21-23Numbers 20:5 See also Figs a significant part of the diet in biblical times Deuteronomy 8:7-91 Samuel 30:11-12 Nehemiah 13:15 1 Samuel 25:18 See also Figs given in gifts of food 2 Samuel 16:11 Chronicles 12:40 2 Kings 20:1-7 See also Other uses of figs and fig leaves Genesis 3:6-7Isaiah 38:21 Jeremiah 24:1-10; 29:15-19 Judah likened to figs 1 Kings 4:25The fig-tree as a symbol of peace and security See also 2 Kings 18:28-32Micah 4:1-5 See also pp Isa 36:13-18 Zechariah 3:10Hosea 2:12 Destruction of fig-trees See also By God Psalms 105:33Amos 4:9 Joel 1:6-7 See also By enemies Jeremiah 5:17Hosea 9:10 Descriptions of the fig-tree and its fruit See also Early figs Songs 2:13Isaiah 28:4 Micah 7:1 Nahum 3:12 Revelation 6:12-13 Late figs Jeremiah 8:13See also Failure of the crop Joel 1:12Habakkuk 3:17-18 Haggai 2:19 James 3:9-12 Fig-trees in the teaching of Jesus Christ and the apostles See also In parables and object lessons Matthew 7:15-20Luke 13:6-9 pp Lk 6:43-45 Matthew 24:32-35The lesson of the fig-tree pp Mk 13:28-31 pp Lk 21:29-31 Matthew 21:18-22Jesus Christ curses a fig-tree See also pp Mk 11:12-14 pp Mk 11:20-24 1670 symbols4450 fruit 4520 thorns 4528 trees |
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