Strong’s G293 · Greek
ἀμφίβληστρον
amphíblēstron · am-fib'-lace-tron
Origin from a compound of the base of ἀμφότερος (G297) and βάλλω (G906);
Meaning a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)
In the King James Version net.
In 2 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.
- 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.
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.