Bible Dictionaries
Sycamine

Sycamine Fig-mulberry or Mulberry. Ficus sycomorus, Morus nigra or Morus alba. שׁקם‎ shâqâm - Strongs: H8256; συκάμινος, sykaminos - Strongs: G4807.

From Easton: Sycamine tree - mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably the correct rendering. It is found of two species, the black mulberry (Morus nigra) and the white mulberry (Mourea), which are common in Palestine. The silk-worm feeds on their leaves. The rearing of them is one of the chief industries of the peasantry of Lebanon and of other parts of the land. It is of the order of the fig-tree. Some contend, however, that this name denotes the sycamore-fig of Luke 19:4.

From Easton: Sycamore - more properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr. sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). At Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by (Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost (Psalms 78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the "vale" (1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 1:15: in both passages the R.V. has properly "lowland"), i.e., the "low country," the shephelah, where the climate is mild. Amos (Amos 7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah (Jeremiah 24:2). It is to be distinguished from our sycamore (the Acer pseudo-platanus), which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.

Verses:

• 1 Kings 10:27
• 1 Chronicles 27:28
• 2 Chronicles 1:15
• 2 Chronicles 9:27
• Psalms 78:47
• Isaiah 9:10
• Amos 7:14
• Luke 17:6
• Luke 19:4