Net
מִכְמֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H4365mikhmeret (mikh-me-ret)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mikhmeret is the Hebrew word usually translated “fishing net” and “fishing net his”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.”
Meaning
- Net, fishing net
- Net, fishing net
How it's translated
- a fishing net 1
- in fishing net his 1
- to fishing net his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Habakkuk 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Habakkuk 1:15They 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 1:16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Hebrew dictionary
מִכְמֶ֫רֶת mikhmeret · net
net, fishing net Also means: mikh.mo.ret (מִכְמֹ֫רֶת "net" H4365B)
מִכְמֹ֫רֶת mikhmoret · net
net, fishing net Another spelling of mikh.me.ret (מִכְמֶ֫רֶת "net" H4365A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “net” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NET, noun
- An instrument for catching fish and fowls, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread interwoven with meshes.
- A cunning device; a snare.
- Inextricable difficulty. Job 18:8
- Severe afflictions. Job 19:6
All definitions and other forms of “net”
NET, verb transitive
To make a net or net-work; to knot.
NET, adjective
[See Neat]
- Neat; pure; unadulterated.
- Being without flaw or spot.
- Being beyond all charges or outlay; as net profits.
- Being clear of all tare and tret, or all deductions; as net weight.
NET, verb transitive
To produce clear profit.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.