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תְּאֵן H8384

H8384 is the Hebrew word תְּאֵן, transliterated tᵉʼên and said teh-ane'. The King James Version most often renders it fig tree.

Word: תְּאֵןTransliteration: tᵉʼênSaid: teh-ane'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 32 verses

What it means

the fig (tree or fruit).

Where it comes from

or (in the singular, feminine) תְּאֵנָה; perhaps of foreign derivation.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fig tree 12×figs 11×fig trees 4×under his fig tree 2×fig 1×or of figs 1×also and their fig trees 1×nor figs 1×even like the figs 1×like fig trees 1×although the fig tree 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: fig (tree).

Verses using תְּאֵן

All 32 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 3:7 · KJV

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Numbers 20:5 · KJV

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Deuteronomy 8:8 · KJV

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Judges 9:10 · KJV

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

Judges 9:11 · KJV

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

1 Kings 4:25 · KJV

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

2 Kings 18:31 · KJV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

2 Kings 20:7 · KJV

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Nehemiah 13:15 · KJV

In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Psalm 105:33 · KJV

He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

Proverbs 27:18 · KJV

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Song of Solomon 2:13 · KJV

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Isaiah 36:16 · KJV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isaiah 38:21 · KJV

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Jeremiah 5:17 · KJV

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

Jeremiah 8:13 · KJV

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Jeremiah 24:1 · KJV

The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 24:2 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 24:3 · KJV

Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24:5 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

Jeremiah 24:8 · KJV

And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 29:17 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Hosea 2:12 · KJV

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 9:10 · KJV

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

Joel 1:7 · KJV

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Joel 1:12 · KJV

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Joel 2:22 · KJV

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Amos 4:9 · KJV

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Micah 4:4 · KJV

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

Nahum 3:12 · KJV

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Habakkuk 3:17 · KJV

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Haggai 2:19 · KJV

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8384 mean?

H8384 is the Hebrew word תְּאֵן (tᵉʼên), meaning the fig (tree or fruit).

How is H8384 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fig tree (12 times), figs (11 times), fig trees (4 times), under his fig tree (2 times), fig (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8384 appear in the Bible?

תְּאֵן (tᵉʼên) is tagged in 32 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8384 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (in the singular, feminine) תְּאֵנָה; perhaps of foreign derivation.

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