Quick Definition
a fishing-net
Strong's Definition
a seine (for fishing)
Derivation: probably from a primary verb (to cast);
KJV Usage: net
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίκτυον, δικτύου, τό (perhaps from ΔΙΚΑΙΝ to cast, cf. Etym. Magn. col. 275, 21), a net: Mat_4:20; Mar_1:18; Luk_5:2; Luk_5:4-6; Joh_21:6; Joh_21:8; Joh_21:11. (Homer and following.) [SYNONYMS: δίκτυον, ἀμφίβληστρον, σαγήνη: δίκτυον seems to be the general name for nets of all kinds; whereas ἀμφίβληστρον and σαγήνη designate specifically nets for fishing: the former a casting-net, generally pear-shaped; the latter a seine or drag-net. Cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word .]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δίκτυον diktyon 12x
a net, fishing-net, Mat_4:20-21 net.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δίκτυον , -ον , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7568 , H7639 ;]
general term for a net: Mat_4:20-21 , Mar_1:18-19 , Luk_5:2 ; Luk_5:4-6 , Joh_21:6 ; Joh_21:8 ; Joh_21:11 †
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον G293 ( q.v. ), σαγήνη G4522 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δίκτυον [page 163]
A Christian epitaph from Aegina, Kaibel 421 (? v/A.D.) makes the departed rejoice because
δίκτυα λυγρὰ
καὶ γοερὰς παγίδας προὔφυγον ἀμπλακίης .
This is of course purely literary, but between Epictetus and the Gospels we may be sure of vernacular warranty. Moreover it survives in MGr δίχτυ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δίκτυον δίκτυον, ου, τό, (n diktu os_ou neut ) [Etym: δικεῖν] "a casting-net, a net", Od. , Aesch. : "a hunting-net", Hdt. , Ar. :—metaph., δ. ἄτης, Ἅιδου Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δίκτυον, -ον, τό
[in LXX chiefly for רֶשֶׁת, שְׂבָכָה ;]
general term for a net: Mat.4:20-21, Mrk.1:18-19, Luk.5:2, 4-6, Jhn.21:6, 8 21:11 †
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον (which see), σαγήνη. (AS)