HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1771
דַּיָּג
day.yag — fisher
fisherman, fisher
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Fisher
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1728
דַּוָּג
dav.vag — fisher
fisherman, fisher
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G231
ἁλιεύς
halieus — fisherman
ἁλεεύς (Rec. ἁλιεύς, the older form; WH, App., 151, -έως, ὁ (ἅλς, the sea) [in LXX for דָּג, דַּוָּג ;] a fisherman: Mat.4:18, 19, Mrk.1:16, 17, Luk.5:2 (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1729
דּוּגָה
du.gah — fishhook
fishing, fishery
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6268
ἀμφιβολεύς
amphiboleus — a fisherman
a fisherman; net caster
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7656
θηρευτής
thēreutēs — a hunter
a hunter, huntsman , (Iliad by Homer); κυσὶ θηρευτῇσι (Iliad by Homer); also of a fisher , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.