Lexical Definition

‎תְּאֵן‎ tᵉʼên (teh-ane') fig ^H:N-F
or (in the singular, feminine) תְּאֵנָה tᵉʼênâh ( teh-ay-naw'); perhaps of foreign derivation

fig (tree).

• the fig (tree or fruit)

1) fig, fig tree

See Greek: συκῆ · σῦκον

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 Judg 9:10 +; suffix ‎תְּאֵנָתוֺ‎ 1Kgs 5:5* +, etc.; plural ‎תְּאֵנִים‎ Num 13:23 +; construct ‎תְּאֵנֵי‎ Jer 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): Judg 9:10; Judg 9:11 (in allegory), Amos 4:9; Hos 9:10; Nah 3:12; 1Kgs 5:5*; 2Kgs 18:31 = Isa 36:16; Mic 4:4; Isa 34:4; Prov 27:18 ‎׳‎‎עֲלֵה ת‎ Gen 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, ‎חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַתּ‎ Song 2:13 collective Num 20:5 (JE), Hos 2:14*; Jer 5:17; Jer 8:13; Deut 8:8; Hab 3:17; Hag 2:19; Zech 3:10; Joel 1:7; Joel 1:12; Joel 2:22; Ps 105:33.

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

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

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