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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Grand division of animal
kingdom
(
Gen. 1:21-22
21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (Genesis 1:21‑22)
). Without scales, unclean (
Lev. 11:9-12
9
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. (Leviticus 11:9‑12)
). Plenty in waters of
Palestine
(
Luke 5:5
5
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. (Luke 5:5)
).
Worship
of, prohibited (
Deut. 4:18
18
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: (Deuteronomy 4:18)
). Caught with nets, hooks, and
spears
(
Hab. 1:15
15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. (Habakkuk 1:15)
;
Luke 5:5-7
5
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. (Luke 5:5‑7)
;
Job 41:7
7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? (Job 41:7)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
On the fifth
day
of the
creation
God
said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath
life
.... and God created great whales," or
sea
monsters. To
man
was given dominion over the fish of
the sea
(
Gen. 1:20-21, 26, 28
20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:20‑21)
26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26)
28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28)
). Fish has been called God's especial gift to man. Any one may catch it in the sea and appropriate it to his own use. It increases abundantly without any care of man.
Fish was eaten freely in
Egypt
(
Num. 11:5
5
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: (Numbers 11:5)
); but under the
law
the fish without fins and scales were declared to be unclean (
Lev. 11:9-12
9
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. (Leviticus 11:9‑12)
). The fish in the
sea of
Galilee
was very plentiful, and there was much fishing. In the O. T. we read of the “fish
gate
” at
Jerusalem
, which doubtless led to a fish market (
Neh. 3:3
3
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. (Nehemiah 3:3)
;
Neh. 12:39
39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. (Nehemiah 12:39)
).
In the
river
that in a future day will flow from the threshold of the
house
and run into and heal the
Dead Sea
, there will be a "very great multitude of fish.... their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many" (
Ezek. 47:9-10
9
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
10
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. (Ezekiel 47:9‑10)
).
The
Lord
said to
Peter
and
Andrew
, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." In accordance with this the
kingdom
of
heaven
is compared to a
net
being cast into the sea, which gathered of every kind: the good fish were
put
into vessels by the fishermen, but the bad were cast away. So will it be at the end of the
age
: the wicked will be separated from the just by the
angels
(
Matt. 4:19
19
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19)
;
Matt. 13:47-50
47
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:47‑50)
).
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.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
1770
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
diyg
Phonic:
deeg
Meaning:
denominative from
1709
; to fish
KJV Usage:
fish
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