Fish
ἰχθύςStrong’s G2486ichthus
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ichthus is the Greek word usually translated “fish” and “fishes”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”
Meaning
Usually translated “fish” and “fishes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fish 13
- a fish 3
- of fish 2
- of fishes 1
- of a fish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 6
- Matthew 5
- Mark 3
- John 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 17:27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
- Mark 6:38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
- Mark 6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Greek dictionary
ἰχθύς ichthus · fish
ἰχθύς, -ύoς, ὁ [in LXX for דָּג, דָּגָה ;] a fish: Mat.7:10, Mrk.6:38, al. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FISH, noun
[Latin piscis.]
- An animal that lives in water. fish is a general name for a class of animals subsisting in water, which were distributed by Linne into six orders.
- The flesh of fish used as food.
All definitions and other forms of “fish”
FISH, verb intransitive
- To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish by any means, as by angling or drawing nets.
- To attempt or seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
FISH, verb transitive
- To search by raking or sweeping; as, to fish the jakes for papers.
- In seamanship, to strengthen, as a mast or yard, with a piece of timber.
- To catch; draw out or up; as, to fish up a human body when sunk; to fish an anchor.
FISH, noun
- In ships, a machine to hoist and draw up the flukes of an anchor, towards the top of the bow.
- A long piece of timber, used to strengthen a lower mast or a yard, when sprung or damaged.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.