תְּאֵן
tᵉʼên · teh-ane'
the fig (tree or fruit)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (in the singular, feminine) תְּאֵנָה; perhaps of foreign derivation
the fig (tree or fruit)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fig (tree).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּאֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- figs7 · 18%
- of figs3 · 8%
- the fig tree3 · 8%
- and under his fig tree2 · 5%
- of his fig tree2 · 5%
- and the fig tree2 · 5%
- fig1 · 3%
- and of the figs1 · 3%
- or of figs1 · 3%
- and fig trees1 · 3%
- to the fig tree1 · 3%
- but the fig tree1 · 3%
- and figs1 · 3%
- also and their fig trees1 · 3%
- fig from the fig tree1 · 3%
- and thy fig trees1 · 3%
- nor figs1 · 3%
- on the fig tree1 · 3%
- even like the figs1 · 3%
- and her fig trees1 · 3%
- in the fig tree1 · 3%
- my fig tree1 · 3%
- and your fig trees1 · 3%
- shall be like fig trees1 · 3%
- although the fig tree1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.