Net
רֶ֫שֶׁתStrong’s H7568reshet (re-shet)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reshet is the Hebrew word usually translated “net”, “net my” and “net of”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.”
Meaning
- Netnetwork (brazen-for altar of tabernacle)
How it's translated
- a net 4
- net my 4
- the net 3
- a net of 2
- from net 2
- net their 2
- in a net 1
- in net 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 8
- Ezekiel 4
- Exodus 3
- Proverbs 2
- Hosea 2
- Job 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 27:5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
- Exodus 38:4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
- Job 18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
- Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 25:15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Hebrew dictionary
רֶ֫שֶׁת reshet · net
1) net 1a) net 1a1) for catching 1a2) of judgment (fig) 1a3) of leaders leading people to sin 1a4) as a trap for man 1b) network (brazen-for altar of tabernacle)
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.