UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ὄλυνθος; -ου

Sense 1: late fig

Semantic entry: 3.37

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Fruit Parts of Plants

Definition: fruit of the fig tree συκῆ, produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens)

Notes: In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (OET REV 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’

Further resources: flora:2.6

Show passage in OET: REV 6:13

OET-RV REV 6:13

13 Also the stars fell out of the sky, just like how a fig tree out of season drops its fruit when it gets shaken by a strong wind.

OET-LV REV 6:13

13 and the stars of _the sky fell to the earth, as a_fig _tree is _casting the unripe _figs of _it, by a_wind great being _shaken.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὄλυνθος

Form 1

Sense 1: late fig