. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ye yourpearls before swine, lest they trample them undertheir feet (Mat. vii. 6). The last part of this verse— and turn again and rend you —Theophylact,Hammond, Barnes, &c, refer to the dogs; butLange (on Mat. 1. c.) says, it applies likewise tothe swine. (2.) Wild. The wild boar of the wood(Ps. lxxx. 13) is the common wild boar or wild hog(Sus Scrofa) which is frequently met with in thewoody parts of Palestine, especially in Mount Arms. Syca-mine-tree (Gr. sukaminos), mentioned onlyin Lk. xvii. 6, is (so Mr. Houghton, with Dr. Royle[in
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ye yourpearls before swine, lest they trample them undertheir feet (Mat. vii. 6). The last part of this verse— and turn again and rend you —Theophylact,Hammond, Barnes, &c, refer to the dogs; butLange (on Mat. 1. c.) says, it applies likewise tothe swine. (2.) Wild. The wild boar of the wood(Ps. lxxx. 13) is the common wild boar or wild hog(Sus Scrofa) which is frequently met with in thewoody parts of Palestine, especially in Mount Arms. Syca-mine-tree (Gr. sukaminos), mentioned onlyin Lk. xvii. 6, is (so Mr. Houghton, with Dr. Royle[in Kitto], Dr. Hamilton [in Fairbairn], Dr. Dau-beny, &c.) the mulberry-tree (Morus). Both blackand white mulberry-trees are common in Syria andPalestine, and are largely cultivated for supplyingfood to the silk-worm. Thomson (ii. 296) says theDamascus mulberry-tree is now grown extensivelyat Lydd (Lydda) for its fruit, which almost exactlyresembles the largest American blackberries. Leb-anon ; Palestin k, Botany ; Silk; Block Mulberry (Sloruz nigra). Syca-more (Heb. shikmdh ; Gr. sukomorca in N. T.,mkaminos in LXX.), according to Prof. Stowe (origi-nal author of this article) and most authorities, =the Fig-mulberry,_oi Sycamore-fig (Ficus Sycomorus),a tree of Egypt and Palestine, the fruit of which re-sembles the fig (1 K. x. 27; 1 Chr. xxvii. 28; 2Chr. i. 15, ix. 27 ; Ps. lxxviii. 47; Is. ix. 10 [] ; Am. vii. 14; Lk. xix. 4). It attains the size ofa walnut-tree, has wide-spreading branches, and af-fords a delightful shade. On this account it is fre-quently planted by the waysides. Its leaves areheart-shaped, downy on the under side, and fruit grows directly from the trunk itself onlittle sprigs, and in clusters like the grape. To makeit eatable, each fruit, three or four days before gath-ering, must, it is said, be punctured with a sharp in- 1072 SYC strument or the finger-nail. This was the original ]employment of the prophet Amos (Am. vii. 14).
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