noun · feminine
sukas
Strong’sG4808
a fig-tree
stem suk-16 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
συκῆ means a fig-tree 1234, specifically the common fig, Ficus Carica 3. In the Greek Old Testament it renders the Hebrew word for "fig-tree" 1, and in the New Testament it is used of the literal fig-tree, including in illustrative and symbolic references to it 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G4808 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoo-kay'
a fig-tree
Fromfrom G4810;
King Jamesfig tree.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
only Doric dialect (see. συκία), Epic dialect nominative plural συκέαι Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect accusative singular συκέην Refs 5th c.BC+; elsewhere only in contraction or analogical forms from συκῆ (Epic dialect and Ionic dialect nominative συκῆ Refs 8th c.BC+:—fig-tree, Ficus Carica, Refs 8th c.BC+; for various kinds, see Refs 4th c.BC+; ἱερὰ σ. a suburb of Eleusis, where Demeter first produced the fig-tree, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 σ. Αἰγυπτία,= κερωνία, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 σ. περὶ τὴν Ἴδην, Amelanchier, Amelanchias vulgaris, Refs
4 ={χαμαισύκη}, Refs 1st c.AD+
5 banyan, Ficus bengalensis, Refs
II ={σῦκον} 1, fig, Refs 5th c.BC+
III a tar or resin in Aleppo pine, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV a kind of spurge,= πέπλιον, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
V ={σῦκον} Refsexcrescence on the body, Refs 1st c.AD+
VI a seaweed, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sukas5×συκῆ | sukais |
| object accusative | sukan6×συκῆν | sukain |
| direct address vocative | sukar | sukair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sukau4×συκῆς | sukaiu |
| to, for dative | suka1×συκῇ | sukai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
suka is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
sukas“fig tree”subjectnominative singular5×
Matthew 21:19“fig tree”… ton aiōnon; kai xēranita parachrēma tas sukas.… He said. And immediately the tree withered.
Matthew 21:20… thaumazala legarōntois; Pōs parachrēma xēranita tas sukas?… marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Mark 11:21… Petros legatō auto; Rabbi, ide tas sukas han kataresa xēranotē.… it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
James 3:12mē dunotō, adelfoir mu, sukas elaiain poiara ē ampelas sukeim? oute …My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear …
Revelation 6:13“fig tree”… ouranou piptala eis tan gēan, hōs sukas balatō toin olunthoin autau hupo anemou …… of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
sukan“fig tree”objectaccusative singular6×
Matthew 21:19kai horarantos sukan henan epi tau hodau erchata epi …Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up …
Mark 11:13kai horarantos sukan apo makrothen echarōntan fulleim erchata ei …Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see …
Mark 11:20Kai paraporeuorōntois prōi horala tan sukan xēranorēntan ek rizaiu.… in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
Luke 13:6Legate de houtan tan parabolan. Sukan echate tinos futeuorēntan en to ampelōno …… this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard …
Luke 21:29Kai legata parabolan autoi; Horavar tan sukan kai panteim teim dendreim;… them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
John 1:48… sin Filippon fōnara arōnton hupo tan sukan horama sin.… you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
sukau“fig tree”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 21:21… mē diakriniveia, ouk monem tem tau sukau poiavi, alla kan te ore houte …… do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to …
Matthew 24:32Apo de tau sukau mathavar tan parabolan; hotan ēdē tos …Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become …
Mark 13:28Apo de tau sukau mathavar tan parabolan; hotan ēdē tos …Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become …
John 1:50… si hoti horama sin hupokatō tau sukau pisteuasō? megotereim houteiu horesi.… you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than …
suka“fig tree”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 13:7… hou erchomō zētarōntos karpon en ta suka houta kai ouk heuriskamō; ekkoptasar autan; …… to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut …