8384. teenah

Lexicon

teenah: Fig, Fig Tree

Original Word: תְּאֵן
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: t'en
Pronunciation: te-ay-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (teh-ane')
Definition: Fig, Fig Tree
Meaning: of foreign derivation, the fig

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Tahtim-hodshi

Or (in the singular, feminine) t:enah {teh-ay- naw'}; perhaps of foreign derivation; the fig (tree or fruit) -- fig (tree).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
fig tree
NASB Translation
fig (1), fig tree (17), fig trees (6), figs (14), figs on the fig tree (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תְּאֵנָה noun feminine fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dubious; Arabic , Aramaic תֵּינְתָא, ; perhaps Punic תין (see Lzb³⁸⁵; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, see DHM^{VOJ i. 26}), Assyrian tittu, a tree; Lag^{M i. 58 ff.} combines ׳ת (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with reference to fructifying of fig by another tree, compare Hom^{Aufsätze u.Abh. i. (1892), 100}); — absolute ׳ת Judges 9:10 +; suffix תְּאֵנָתוֺ 1 Kings 5:5 +, etc.; plural תְּאֵנִים Numbers 13:23 +; construct תְּאֵנֵי Jeremiah 24:2; suffix תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Amos 4:9; —

1 fig-tree (ficus carica Post^{Flora. 730; Hast. DB, under the word} Tr^NHB.350 M'Lean-Th-Dyer^{Ency. Bib., under the word}; compare Löw^{§ 335}; often + גֶּפֶן): Judges 9:10,11 (in allegory), Amos 4:9; Hosea 9:10; Nahum 3:12; 1 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 34:4; Proverbs 27:18; ׳עֲלֵה ת Genesis 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ ׳הַתּ Songs 2:13; collective Numbers 20:5 (JE), Hosea 2:14; Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:13; Deuteronomy 8:8; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 2:19; Zechariah 3:10; Joel 1:7,12; Joel 2:22; Psalm 105:33.

2 fig, always plural: Numbers 13:23 (JE), Jeremiah 24:1,2(twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:5,8; Jeremiah 29:17 (all symbolic of Judaeans), Jeremiah 8:13 (בַּתְּאֵנָה ׳אֵין תּ), Nehemiah 8:13; as medicament, ׳דְּבֶלֶת ת 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21; תְּאֵנֵי הַבַּכֻּרוֺת Jeremiah 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (compare Du).

תַּאֲנִיָּה see [I. אנה]. תְּאֻנִים see I. און.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Of foreign derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G4808 (συκῆ • syke): This Greek term is used in the New Testament to refer to the fig tree. It appears in passages such as Matthew 21:19, where Jesus curses the barren fig tree.

• G4810 (σῦκον • sykon): This Greek term refers to the fig fruit itself. It is used in contexts where the fruit of the fig tree is specifically mentioned.

The fig tree, with its rich symbolism and frequent biblical references, serves as a powerful image of both blessing and judgment, reflecting the spiritual and material conditions of God's people throughout the biblical narrative.

Usage: The term תְּאֵן (te'en) is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to the fig tree or its fruit. It appears in various contexts, often symbolizing prosperity, peace, and divine blessing, as well as judgment and desolation when absent.

Context: The Hebrew word תְּאֵן (te'en) is commonly translated as "fig" in English. The fig tree is one of the earliest cultivated plants and holds significant cultural and religious symbolism in the Bible. It is frequently mentioned in the context of agricultural abundance and prosperity. For instance, in 1 Kings 4:25, the peaceful and prosperous reign of Solomon is described with the imagery of every man sitting under his vine and fig tree: "Throughout Solomon’s days, Judah and Israel dwelt securely, from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree."

The fig tree also appears in prophetic literature, often symbolizing the nation of Israel. In Jeremiah 8:13, the absence of figs is a metaphor for divine judgment: "I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and the leaf will wither. What I have given them will be taken away."

In the New Testament, the fig tree continues to hold symbolic meaning. Jesus uses the fig tree in parables and teachings, such as in Matthew 24:32-33, where the budding of the fig tree is a sign of the approaching summer, symbolizing the nearness of the kingdom of God.

Forms and Transliterations

בִתְאֵנָה֙ בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה בתאנה הַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔ים הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃ הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה הַתְּאֵנָה֙ השערים התאנה התאנים התאנים׃ וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֧ה וְכַתְּאֵנִים֙ וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּ וּתְאֵנִים֙ וּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥ם וּתְאֵנָ֖ה וּתְאֵנָ֤ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ וּתְאֵנָתָ֑ם והתאנה וכתאנים ותאנה ותאניכם ותאנים ותאנתה ותאנתי ותאנתך ותאנתם כִּתְאֵנֵ֖י כַּתְּאֵנִ֥ים כתאני כתאנים לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה לתאנה מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃ מתאנה׃ תְּ֭אֵנָה תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ תְּאֵנִ֑ים תְּאֵנִ֖ים תְּאֵנִ֣ים תְּאֵנִים֙ תְּאֵנָ֥ה תְּאֵנָֽה׃ תְּאֵנָת֔וֹ תְּאֵנָת֖וֹ תְאֵנִ֔ים תְאֵנָ֔ה תְאֵנָ֣ה תאנה תאנה׃ תאנים תאנתו bat·tə·’ê·nāh battə’ênāh batteeNah ḇiṯ’ênāh ḇiṯ·’ê·nāh haš·šō·‘ā·rîm hashShoaRim haššō‘ārîm hat·tə·’ê·nāh hat·tə·’ê·nîm hattə’ênāh hattə’ênîm hatteeNah hatteeNim kat·tə·’ê·nîm kattə’ênîm katteeNim kiṯ’ênê kiṯ·’ê·nê kiteNei lat·tə·’ê·nāh lattə’ênāh latteeNah mit·tə·’ê·nāh mittə’ênāh mitteeNah tə’ênāh ṯə’ênāh tə’ênāṯōw tə’ênîm ṯə’ênîm tə·’ê·nā·ṯōw tə·’ê·nāh ṯə·’ê·nāh tə·’ê·nîm ṯə·’ê·nîm teeNah teenaTo teeNim ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯāh ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯām ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯe·ḵā ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯî ū·ṯə·’ê·nāh ū·ṯə·’ê·nê·ḵem ū·ṯə·’ê·nîm ūṯə’ênāh ūṯə’ênāṯāh ūṯə’ênāṯām ūṯə’ênāṯeḵā ūṯə’ênāṯî ūṯə’ênêḵem ūṯə’ênîm uteeNah uteEnaTah uteenaTam uteenaTecha uteenaTi uteeneiChem uteeNim vechatteeNim vehatteeNah viteNah wə·hat·tə·’ê·nāh wə·ḵat·tə·’ê·nîm wəhattə’ênāh wəḵattə’ênîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 3:7
HEB: וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם
NAS: and they sewed fig leaves
KJV: and they sewed fig leaves
INT: sewed leaves fig and made loin

Numbers 13:23
HEB: הָרִמֹּנִ֖ים וּמִן־ הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃
NAS: of the pomegranates and the figs.
KJV: and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
INT: of the pomegranates some and the figs

Numbers 20:5
HEB: מְק֣וֹם זֶ֗רַע וּתְאֵנָ֤ה וְגֶ֙פֶן֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן
NAS: of grain or figs or vines
KJV: of seed, or of figs, or of vines,
INT: country of grain figs vines pomegranates

Deuteronomy 8:8
HEB: וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה וְגֶ֥פֶן וּתְאֵנָ֖ה וְרִמּ֑וֹן אֶֽרֶץ־
NAS: of vines and fig trees and pomegranates,
KJV: and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
INT: and barley of vines and fig and pomegranates A land

Judges 9:10
HEB: וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה לְכִי־ אַ֖תְּ
NAS: said to the fig tree, 'You come,
KJV: said to the fig tree, Come
INT: said the trees to the fig come you

Judges 9:11
HEB: וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־
NAS: But the fig tree said
KJV: But the fig tree said
INT: said the fig leave my sweetness

1 Kings 4:25
HEB: גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְתַ֣חַת תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ מִדָּ֖ן וְעַד־
NAS: his vine and his fig tree, from Dan
KJV: under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan
INT: his vine under and his fig Dan against

2 Kings 18:31
HEB: גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹ וּשְׁת֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: and each of his fig tree and drink
KJV: and every one of his fig tree, and drink
INT: of his vine and each of his fig and drink each

2 Kings 20:7
HEB: קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ
NAS: a cake of figs. And they took
KJV: a lump of figs. And they took
INT: Take A cake of figs took and laid

Nehemiah 13:15
HEB: יַ֜יִן עֲנָבִ֤ים וּתְאֵנִים֙ וְכָל־ מַשָּׂ֔א
NAS: grapes, figs and all
KJV: grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens,
INT: wine grapes figs and all of loads

Psalm 105:33
HEB: וַיַּ֣ךְ גַּ֭פְנָם וּתְאֵנָתָ֑ם וַ֝יְשַׁבֵּ֗ר עֵ֣ץ
NAS: their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered
KJV: their vines also and their fig trees; and brake
INT: struck their vines and their fig and shattered the trees

Proverbs 27:18
HEB: נֹצֵ֣ר תְּ֭אֵנָה יֹאכַ֣ל פִּרְיָ֑הּ
NAS: He who tends the fig tree will eat
KJV: Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat
INT: tends the fig will eat fruit

Songs 2:13
HEB: הַתְּאֵנָה֙ חָֽנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ
NAS: The fig tree has ripened its figs,
KJV: The fig tree putteth forth
INT: the fig has ripened figs

Isaiah 34:4
HEB: מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃
NAS: Or as [one] withers from the fig tree.
KJV: and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
INT: the vine withers the fig

Isaiah 36:16
HEB: גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּאֵנָת֔וֹ וּשְׁת֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: and each of his fig tree and drink
KJV: and every one of his fig tree, and drink
INT: of his vine and each of his fig and drink each

Isaiah 38:21
HEB: יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל־
NAS: a cake of figs and apply
KJV: a lump of figs, and lay [it] for a plaister
INT: take A cake of figs and apply and

Jeremiah 5:17
HEB: יֹאכַ֥ל גַּפְנְךָ֖ וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ עָרֵ֣י
NAS: your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish
KJV: thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish
INT: will devour your vines and your fig will demolish cities

Jeremiah 8:13
HEB: בַּגֶּ֜פֶן וְאֵ֧ין תְּאֵנִ֣ים בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙
NAS: And no figs on the fig tree,
KJV: on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree,
INT: the vine will be no figs the fig and the leaf

Jeremiah 8:13
HEB: וְאֵ֧ין תְּאֵנִ֣ים בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ נָבֵ֔ל
NAS: figs on the fig tree, And the leaf
KJV: nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf
INT: will be no figs the fig and the leaf will wither

Jeremiah 24:1
HEB: שְׁנֵי֙ דּוּדָאֵ֣י תְאֵנִ֔ים מוּעָדִ֕ים לִפְנֵ֖י
NAS: two baskets of figs set before
KJV: baskets of figs [were] set
INT: two baskets of figs set before

Jeremiah 24:2
HEB: הַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד
NAS: good figs, like first-ripe
KJV: good figs, [even] like the figs
INT: basket One figs good had very

Jeremiah 24:2
HEB: טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד כִּתְאֵנֵ֖י הַבַּכֻּר֑וֹת וְהַדּ֣וּד
NAS: like first-ripe figs, and the other
KJV: figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe:
INT: good had very figs ripe basket

Jeremiah 24:2
HEB: וְהַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ רָע֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד
NAS: bad figs which
KJV: naughty figs, which could not be eaten,
INT: basket and the other figs bad had very

Jeremiah 24:3
HEB: יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וָאֹמַ֖ר תְּאֵנִ֑ים הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים הַטֹּבוֹת֙
NAS: And I said, Figs, the good
KJV: And I said, Figs; the good
INT: Jeremiah said Figs figs the good

Jeremiah 24:3
HEB: וָאֹמַ֖ר תְּאֵנִ֑ים הַתְּאֵנִ֤ים הַטֹּבוֹת֙ טֹב֣וֹת
NAS: Figs, the good figs, very good;
KJV: Figs; the good figs, very good;
INT: said Figs figs the good good

39 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8384
39 Occurrences

bat·tə·’ê·nāh — 1 Occ.
haš·šō·‘ā·rîm — 1 Occ.
hat·tə·’ê·nāh — 2 Occ.
hat·tə·’ê·nîm — 2 Occ.
kat·tə·’ê·nîm — 1 Occ.
kiṯ·’ê·nê — 1 Occ.
lat·tə·’ê·nāh — 1 Occ.
mit·tə·’ê·nāh — 1 Occ.
ṯə·’ê·nāh — 5 Occ.
tə·’ê·nā·ṯōw — 4 Occ.
tə·’ê·nîm — 8 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nāh — 2 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·’ê·nîm — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵat·tə·’ê·nîm — 1 Occ.
wə·hat·tə·’ê·nāh — 2 Occ.
ḇiṯ·’ê·nāh — 1 Occ.