Fish (Easton)

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Called Dag By the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity ( Genesis 9:2; Numbers 11:22; Jonah 2:1,10 ). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter F Bible Dictionaries Fish Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry First-Fruits Next Entry Fish-Hooks Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Fish Spear Fish Gate Fish Thompson Chain Reference Fish Torrey Topical Textbook Fishes Dictionaries American Church Dictionary Fish American Tract Society Fish, Fisher Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Fish Easton's Bible Dictionary Fishing, the Art of Fish-Pools Fish-Hooks (only first 3 shown) Fausset Bible Dictionary Fish Spurgeon's Illustration Collection Cuttle-Fish: Persons Who Resemble a Holman Bible Dictionary Fish, Fishing Fish Gate Hastings' BibleDictionary Fish Hastings' NT Dictionary Fish, Fisher, Fishing Draught of Fishes King James Dictionary Fishing Fish Morrish Bible Dictionary Fish, Fishers, Fishing 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Parable of the Fishing Net Loaves and Fishes Fishing Net, Parable of the (only first 3 shown) Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Fish Smith Bible Dictionary Fish Vines' Expository Dictionary Fish, Fisher, Fisherman Fish Wilson's Bible Types Fish Ate Fish Webster Dictionary Tobias Fish Suleah Fish Spilliard Fishing (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Fish Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Cat-Fish Coal-Fish Cuttle-Fish (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Fish Fish Gate Fishing Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Fish McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Fish Fish in Christian Symbolism. Fish, Henry Clay, D.D. (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Angel-Fish The Catholic Encyclopedia Symbolism of the Fish The Jewish Encyclopedia Fish and Fishing Lexicons ܒ݁ܰܠܽܘܥܳܐ ܢܽܘܢܳܐ ἁλιεύω ἰχθύδιον ἰχθύς (only first 3 shown) דָּאג , דָּג דָּגָה דוּגָּה (only first 3 shown) Called Dag By the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity ( Genesis 9:2 ; Numbers 11:22 ; Jonah 2:1,10 ). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. Two of the villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee derived their names from their fisheries, Bethsaida (the "house of fish") on the east and on the west. There is probably no other sheet of water in the world of equal dimensions that contains such a variety and profusion of fish. About thirty-seven different kinds have been found. Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly African and tropical, such as the eel-like silurus. There was a regular fish-market apparently in Jerusalem ( 2 Chronicles 33:14 ; Nehemiah 3:3 ; 12:39 ; Zephaniah 1:10 ), as there was a fish-gate which was probably contiguous to it. Sidon is the oldest fishing establishment known in history.

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)