Strong G1350δίκτυον
net
- Transliteration
- diktuon
- Pronunciation
- dik'-too-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably from a primary verb δίκω dikō (to cast); a seine (for fishing): - net.
Detailed definition
δίκτυον, -ον, τό
[in LXX chiefly for רֶשֶׁת, שְׂבָכָה;]
general term for a net: Mat.4:20-21, Mrk.1:18-19, Luk.5:2, 4-6, Jhn.21:6, 8 21:11 †
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον (which see), σαγήνη. (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רֶשֶׁת, שְׂבָכָה;]
general term for a net: Mat.4:20-21, Mrk.1:18-19, Luk.5:2, 4-6, Jhn.21:6, 8 21:11 †
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον (which see), σαγήνη. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1350 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- net11
First verses
- Matthew 4:20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Mark 1:18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
- Mark 1:19And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
- Luke 5:2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
- Luke 5:4Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
- Luke 5:5And 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 5:6And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
- John 21:6And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
- John 21:8And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
- John 21:11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
δίκτῠον, τό,
(δικεῖν) net:
1 fishing-net, δικτύῳ ἐξέρυσαν πολυωπῷ (i.e. ἰχθύας) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.386; φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὣς ἄγουσι δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 506; μολυβδὶς ὥστε δ. κατέσπασεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 840)]; δ. καθιέναι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 533b19, 602b8.)]
2 hunting-net, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1083, etc.)]; larger than ἄρκυς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.5, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.26, 27.)]
3 metaphorically, δ. ἄτης, Ἅιδου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1078 (_anapaest meter_), “Ag.” 1115 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 932.)]
4 lattice-work, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).165.4, 13 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
5 bottom of a sieve, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
(δικεῖν) net:
1 fishing-net, δικτύῳ ἐξέρυσαν πολυωπῷ (i.e. ἰχθύας) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.386; φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὣς ἄγουσι δ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 506; μολυβδὶς ὥστε δ. κατέσπασεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 840)]; δ. καθιέναι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 533b19, 602b8.)]
2 hunting-net, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1083, etc.)]; larger than ἄρκυς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.5, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.26, 27.)]
3 metaphorically, δ. ἄτης, Ἅιδου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1078 (_anapaest meter_), “Ag.” 1115 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 932.)]
4 lattice-work, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).165.4, 13 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
5 bottom of a sieve, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]