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G231 ἁλιεύς (halieús)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

a fisherman

Strong's Definition

a sailor (as engaged on the salt water), i.e. (by implication) a fisher

Derivation: from G251 (ἅλς);

KJV Usage: fisher(-man)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

[ἁλεευς, ὁ, T WH uniformly for ἁλιεύς, see Tdf.'s note on Mar_1:16 and N. T. edition 7, Proleg., p. 1; especially edition 8, Proleg., p. 82f; WHs Appendix, p. 151.] STRONGS NT 231: ἁλιεύςἁλιεύς, (έως (ὁ (ἅλς, ἁλός, the sea) (from Homer down); a fisherman, fisher: Mat_4:18; Mar_1:16; Luk_5:2 in all which passages T and WH have ἁλεεῖς from the form ἁλεεύς, which see.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἁλιεύς hali eus 5x a fisherman, Mat_4:18-19 ; Mar_1:16-17 ; Luk_5:2

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἁλεεύς ( Rec. ἁλιεύς , the older form; WH , App ., 151, -έως , ὁ ( <ἅλς , the sea). [in LXX for H1709 , H1728 ;] a fisherman: Mat_4:18-19 , Mar_1:16-17 , Luk_5:2 ἁλιεύς , see ἁλεεύς .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἁλιεύς [page 22] The word is too common in itself to need illustrating, unless we recorded the appearance of the epithet ποτάμιος to indicate a fisherman who exercised his calling on the Nile. It is, however, a good example of the rule by which in Hellenistic of the second period ( i.e. A.D.) two i -sounds are not allowed to come together : see Proleg. 3 p. 44 f. In this one case, in the nom. and accus. pl. of ἁλιεύς , dissimilation instead of contraction has taken place : ἁλεεῖς occurs in NT and in P Flor I. 127 15 (A.D. 256), but note 119 2 ἁλι [εῖς and 275 8 , from the same correspondence, and BGU IV. 1035 6 (v/A.D.). Of course P Petr III. 59 ii. 8 belongs to a period when the phonetic difficulty was not felt. Another expedient was ἁλιέας , P Flor II. 201 8 (iii/A.D.). Hellenistic does not follow the Attic contractions (Δωριῶς , -ῶν ) : cf. ἁλιέων BGU III. 756 6 (A.D. 199), Ἐριέως P Petr III. 59 ( d ) 14 . We find ἁλιείων in P Amh II. 30 29 (ii/B.C.).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἁλιεύς [Etym: ἅλς] "one who has to do with the sea", and so, "a fisher", Hom. , etc. "a seaman", "sailor", Od. ; with another Subst., ἐρέτας ἁλιῆας "sea-faring" rowers, id=Od.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἁλεεύς (Rec. ἁλιεύς, the older form; WH, App., 151, -έως, ὁ (ἅλς, the sea) [in LXX for דָּג, דַּוָּג ;] a fisherman: Mat.4:18, 19, Mrk.1:16, 17, Luk.5:2 (AS)

Bible Occurrences (5)

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