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ἀμφίβληστρον

amphíblēstron · G293 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. Casting-net

    A circular net with weights and a draw rope around its edge, used in fishing

    Examples

    Matthew 4:18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

How it’s used In 1 role

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the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Casting-net6.12
In Matthew 4:18, Jesus saw Simon Peter and Andrew “casting a net (amphíblēstron) into the sea; for they were fishermen,” naming the round net thrown by hand to catch fish.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀμφότερος amphóteros · G297 · both, all, everyone · 14×ἀμφιέννυμι amphiénnymi · G294 · to clothe, to adorn · 4×ἀμφίβληστρονamphíblēstron · G293Ἀμφίπολις Amphípolis · G295 · a city surrounded by a river; Amphipolis, a place in Macedonia · 1×ἄμφοδον ámphodon · G296 · city street · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as…
τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as chains, a garment; specifically, a net for fishing (casting-net): Mk 1:16 R G L; Mt 4:18. (the Sept.; Hesiod scut. 215; Herodotus 1, 141; Athen. 10, 72, p. 450.) (Synonym: see δίκτυον, and cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word .)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Instruments Used in Fishing1 occurrenceAnimal Husbandry, Fishing0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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