The word in Scripture

Fig in the Bible

The word fig appears 41 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The fig tree pictures fruitfulness and the season of God's visitation. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What fig means in the Bible

The fig tree pictures fruitfulness and the season of God's visitation.

Where the word fig appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word fig appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.”Psalms 105:33

“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.”Proverbs 27:18

“And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!”Matthew 21:20

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:”Matthew 24:32

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:”Mark 13:28

“And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;”Luke 21:29

“Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.”John 1:48

“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”James 3:12