# שִׁקְמָה (shiqmah)

Israeli respelling: shiq-mah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8256. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a sycamore (usually the tree)

King James renderings: sycamore (fruit, tree).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shiqmah-h8256

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 10:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/27) — And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
- [1 Chronicles 27:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/27/28) — 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 Joa…
- [2 Chronicles 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/1/15) — 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 f…
- [2 Chronicles 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/27) — 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.
- [Psalms 78:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/47) — He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- [Isaiah 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/10) — The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
- [Amos 7:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/14) — 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…