תְּאֵנָה teenah

Hebrew word for “fig” · Strong’s H8384 · used 39 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

fig, fig tree

How it is translated

Glosses given for teenah in context, with how often each is used:

• fig tree 15
• figs 9
• fig trees 6
• own fig tree 4
• like the figs 3
• will be figs 1
• like figs 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 24 (5), Judges 9 (2), Joel 1 (2), Genesis 3 (1), Numbers 13 (1), Numbers 20 (1), Deuteronomy 8 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), 2 Kings 20 (1)

Forms

• תאנים 8
• תאנה 5
• תאנתו 4
• התאנים 2
• ותאנה 2
• התאנה 2
• בתאנה 2
• כתאנים 2
• והתאנה 2
• לתאנה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with teenah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גֶּפֶן gephen “vine” 18
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 11
• רִמּוֹן rimmon “pomegranate” 5
• עֵנָב enav “grape” 4
• רֹעַ roa “evil” 4
• עֵץ ets “tree” 6
• זַיִת zayit “olive” 4
• עָלֶה aleh “leaf” 3
• כֹּה koh “thus” 5
• בַּכֻּרוֹת bikkurah “early fig” 2
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 5
• דְּבֵלָה develah “fig cake” 2

Key verses

The verses using teenah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 4:25 — And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
• Nehemiah 13:15 — 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…
• Proverbs 27:18 — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
• Isaiah 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth…
• Jeremiah 5:17 — 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…
• Jeremiah 24:1 — 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…
• Jeremiah 24:5 — 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…
• Jeremiah 24:8 — 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…
• Hosea 9:10 — 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 Baal-peor, and separated…
• Joel 2:22 — 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…
• Micah 4:4 — 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.
• Habakkuk 3:17 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.