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ἄγκιστρον

ánkistron · G44 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. fish hook

    Small, curved piece of metal or bone or even a strong thorn, with a sharp point on one end, usually with a barb just behind the point, and a loop or bend on the other end to which a fishing line can be attached; used with some bait attached to it in order to attract a fish

    Examples

    Matthew 17:27 “However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
חַכָּה chakkâh · H2443 · harpoon, fishing spear
Hebrew חַכָּה (chakkâh, H2443) is the direct Greek Septuagint equivalent for ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron, G44), both denoting a fishing hook or angling implement.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Fish hook6.10
This noun denotes a hook for catching fish, as in Matthew 17:27's instruction to throw a hook into the sea and take the first fish that comes up.
Word family 9 words

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

ἀγκάλη ankálē · G43 · bent arm · 1×ἀνάγκη anánkē · G318 · trouble, distress, troublous times · 17×ἀναγκάζω anankázō · G315 · to compel, to force · 9×ἀναγκαῖος anankaîos · G316 · necessary, indispensable, close · 8×ἄγκυρα ánkyra · G45 · anchor · 4×ἐναγκαλίζομαι enankalízomai · G1723 · to embrace, to hug, to put one’s arms around · 2×ἄγκιστρονánkistron · G44ἀναγκαστῶς anankastōs · G317 · out of obligation, ought to · 1×ἐπάναγκες epánankes · G1876 · necessary, indispensable · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τό (from an unused ἀγκίζω to angle (see the preceding word)), a fish-hook: Mt 17:27.
τό (from an unused ἀγκίζω to angle (see the preceding word)), a fish-hook: Mt 17:27.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Instruments Used in Fishing1 occurrence

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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