Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A better but no longer used spelling of
sycamore , retained in modern copies of the authorized version of the Bible.
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- noun a type of
fig ,Ficus sycomorus , native to theMiddle East ; the sycamore tree of the Bible.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Jamíz” (in Egypt “Jammayz”) = the fruit of the true sycomore (F. Sycomorus) a magnificent tree which produces
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The figs refer to the anus and the pomegranates, like the sycomore, to the female parts.
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
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And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
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He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
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And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
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