Bible Dictionary
Sycamore
The biblical sycamore was the sycomore or fig-mulberry, a broad, shade-giving tree whose fruit grew from the trunk. Zacchaeus climbed one to see Jesus, and Amos gathered or cultivated its fruit.
Biblical Usage
Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore to see Jesus. Amos referred to the tree’s inferior fruit and to the work of puncturing it so that it could be eaten. The tree is also associated with the lowland and with David’s administration.
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