Luke 19:4

καὶ προδραμὼν ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομωραίαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν ὅτι δι' ἐκείνης ἤμελλεν διέρχεσθαι
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
προδραμὼν
G4390 V-2AAP-NSM
protrechō
to run forward, i.e., outstrip, precede
  • to run before, to outrun
ἔμπροσθεν
G1715
emprosthen
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
  • in front, before
    • before, i.e., in that local region which is in front of a person or thing
      • "before, in the presence of, i.e., opposite to, over against one"before, in the sight of"before, denoting rank
ἀνέβη
G305
anabainō
to go up (literally or figuratively)
  • ascend
    • to go up
      • "to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up
ἐπὶ
G1909
epi
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc
  • upon, on, at, by, before
    • "of position, on, at, by, over, against"to, over, on, at, across, against
συκομωραίαν
G4809
sykomōraia
the ___%___sycamore___%___-fig tree
  • a sycomore tree
ἵνα
G2443
hina
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
  • that, in order that, so that
ἴδῃ
G1492
eidō
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
  • to see
    • to perceive with the eyes
      • "to perceive by any of the senses"to perceive, notice, discern, discover"to see
      • i.e., to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything
        • "to pay attention, observe"to see about something
        • i.e., to ascertain what must be done about it
        to inspect, examine"to look at, behold
      to experience any state or condition"to see i.e., have an interview with, to visit
    to know
    • to know of anything
      • "to know, i.e., get knowledge of, understand, perceive
      • of any fact
        • "the force and meaning of something which has definite meaning"to know how, to be skilled in
      to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to (1 Thessalonians 5:12)
αὐτόν
G846
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
ὅτι
G3754
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
δι'
G1223
dia
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
  • through
    • of place
      • with
        • "in
      of time
      • throughout
        • "during
      of means
      • by
        • "by the means of
    through
    • the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
      • by reason of
        • "on account of"because of for this reason"therefore"on this account
ἐκείνης
G1565
ekeinos
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
  • he, she it, etc.
ἤμελλεν
G3195
mellō
to intend, i.e., be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
  • to be about
    • to be on the point of doing or suffering something
      • "to intend, have in mind, think to
διέρχεσθαι
G1330
dierchomai
to traverse (literally)
  • to go through, pass through
    • to go, walk, journey, pass through a place
      • "to travel the road which leads through a place, go, pass, travel through a region
    to go different places
    • of people, to go abroad
      • "of a report, to spread, go abroad

καὶ προδραμὼν ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομωραίαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν ὅτι δι' ἐκείνης ἤμελλεν διέρχεσθαι
4
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Cross References

Isaiah 9:10

לְבֵנִים נָפָלוּ וְגָזִית נִבְנֶה שִׁקְמִים גֻּדָּעוּ וַאֲרָזִים נַחֲלִֽיף׃
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.

Luke 5:19

καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες διὰ ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα διὰ τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τὸ μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
19
And when they could not find by what way they might bring in him because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

1 Chronicles 27:28

וְעַל-הַזֵּיתִים וְהַשִּׁקְמִים אֲשֶׁר בַּשְּׁפֵלָה בַּעַל חָנָן הַגְּדֵרִי וְעַל-אֹֽצְרוֹת הַשֶּׁמֶן יוֹעָֽשׁ׃
28
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

1 Kings 10:27

וַיִּתֵּן הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת-הַכֶּסֶף בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַם כָּֽאֲבָנִים וְאֵת הָֽאֲרָזִים נָתַן כַּשִּׁקְמִים אֲשֶׁר-בַּשְּׁפֵלָה לָרֹֽב׃
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.

Amos 7:14

וַיַּעַן עָמוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-אֲמַצְיָה לֹא-נָבִיא אָנֹכִי וְלֹא בֶן-נָבִיא אָנֹכִי כִּֽי-בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִֽים׃
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 fruit:

Psalms 78:47

יַהֲרֹג בַּבָּרָד גַּפְנָם וְשִׁקְמוֹתָם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃
47
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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