Strong’s G231 · Greek
ἁλιεύς
halieús · hal-ee-yoos'
Origin from ἅλς (G251);
Meaning a sailor (as engaged on the salt water), i.e. (by implication) a fisher
In the King James Version fisher(-man).
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Mark 1:16Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Mark 1:17And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
- Luke 5:2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.