King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8384
Transliteration: teenah
Phonetic Spelling: (teh-ane')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: fig tree
Meaning: of foreign derivation, the fig
Word Summary
teenah: fig tree
Original Word: תְּאֵןTransliteration: teenah
Phonetic Spelling: (teh-ane')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: fig tree
Meaning: of foreign derivation, the fig
Strong's Concordance
Tahtim-hodshi From 'aven; naughtiness, i.e. Toil -- lie.
see HEBREW 'aven
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8384. teenah
תְּאֵנָה noun feminine fig-tree, (then) fig (√ dubious; Arabic , Aramaic תֵּינְתָא, ; perhaps Punic תין (see Lzb385; i.e. תְּיֵן Eut, see DHMVOJ i. 26), Assyrian tittu, a tree; LagM i. 58 ff. combines ׳ת (precariously) with √ (III) אנה meet opportunely, with reference to fructifying of fig by another tree, compare HomAufsätze u.Abh. i. (1892), 100); — absolute ׳ת Judges 9:10 +; suffix תְּאֵנָתוֺ 1 Kings 5:5 +, etc.; plural תְּאֵנִים Numbers 13:23 +; construct תְּאֵנֵי Jeremiah 24:2; suffix תְּאֵנֵיכֶם Amos 4:9; —
1 fig-tree (ficus carica PostFlora. 730; Hast. DB, under the word TrNHB.350 M'Lean-Th-DyerEncy. Bib., under the word; compare Löw§ 335; often + גֶּפֶן): Judges 9:10-11, (in allegory), Amos 4:9; Hosea 9:10; Nahum 3:12; 1 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 34:4; Proverbs 27:18; ת ׳עֲלֵה Genesis 3:7 (J) fig-leaves, ׳הַתּ פַגֶּיהָ חָֽנְטָה Song of Solomon 2:13; collective Numbers 20:5 (JE), Hosea 2:14; Jeremiah 5:17; 8:13; Deuteronomy 8:8; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 2:19; Zechariah 3:10; Joel 1:7, 12; 2:22; Psalm 105:33.
2 fig, always plural: Numbers 13:23 (JE), Jeremiah 24:1-2,(twice in verse); 24:3 (twice in verse); 24:5, 8; 29:17 (all symbolic of Judaeans), 8:13 (תּ ׳אֵין בַּתְּאֵנָה), Nehemiah 8:13; as medicament, ת ׳דְּבֶלֶת 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21; הַבַּכֻּרוֺת תְּאֵנֵי Jeremiah 24:2 the figs of early ripeness (compare Du).
תַּאֲנִיָּה see [I. אנה]. תְּאֻנִים see I. און.