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In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H4204, H7568, G0293, G1350, G4522, H3531, H7078, H4364, H7638
Hebrew
מָזוֹר · mâzôwr
Greek
ἀμφίβληστρον · amphiblēstron

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀμφίβληστρον

G0293
Transliteration
amphiblēstron
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

net

Lexicon definition

ἀμφίβληστρον, -ου, τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵרֶם ;] something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Mat.4:18.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δίκτυον

G1350
Transliteration
diktuon
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

net

Lexicon definition

δίκτυον, -ον, τό [in LXX chiefly for רֶשֶׁת, שְׂבָכָה ;] general term for a net: Mat.4:20-21, Mrk.1:18-19, Luk.5:2, 4-6, Jhn.21:6, 8 21:11 † SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον (which see), σαγήνη. (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ἀμφιβληστρον

G0293
Transliteration
amphíblēstron
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

net

Lexicon definition

pr. what is thrown around, e.g. a garment, a large kind of fish-net, drag, Mat. 4.18. Mar. 1.16.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ἀμφίβληστρον

G0293
Transliteration
amphíblēstron
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

net

Lexicon definition

a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַכְמָר

H4364
Transliteration
makmâr
Pronunciation
mak-mawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

net.

Lexicon definition

a (hunter's) net (as dark from concealment)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׂבָךְ

H7638
Transliteration
sâbâk
Pronunciation
saw-bawk'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

net.

Lexicon definition

a netting (ornament to the capital of a column)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֵרֶם

H2764
Transliteration
chêrem
Pronunciation
khay'-rem
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
38

Glosses

(ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.

Lexicon definition

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively)

usually a doomed object

abstractly extermination

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רֶשֶׁת

H7568
Transliteration
resheth
Pronunciation
reh'-sheth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
22

Glosses

net(-work).

Lexicon definition

a net (as catching animals)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שְׂבָכָה

H7639
Transliteration
sᵉbâkâh
Pronunciation
seb-aw-kaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
16

Glosses

checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork).

Lexicon definition

a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade

also a reticulated ornament to apillar

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Net

In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9). The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Net

Indexed occurrences: 35

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Strong's Concordance

Nets

Indexed occurrences: 13

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Fishing, the art of

Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples (Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the winds and the waves (Matt. 8:26) and delivered that remarkable series of prophecies recorded in Matt. 13. He twice miraculously fed multitudes with fish and bread (Matt. 14:19; 15:36). It was in the mouth of a fish that the tribute-money was found (Matt. 17:27). And he "ate a piece of broiled fish" with his disciples after his resurrection (Luke 24:42, 43; comp. Acts 1:3). At the Sea of Tiberias (John 21:1-14), in obedience to his direction, the disciples cast their net "on the right side of the ship," and enclosed so many that "they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes." Two kinds of fishing-nets are mentioned in the New Testament: (1.) The casting-net (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). (2.) The drag-net or seine (Matt. 13:48). Fish were also caught by the fishing-hook (Matt. 17:27). (See [212]NET.)

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Net

In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9). The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.

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