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G2486 ἰχθύς (ichthýs)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

a fish

Strong's Definition

a fish

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;

KJV Usage: fish

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἰχθύς, ἰχθύος, ὁ (from Homer down), a fish: Mat_7:10; Mar_6:38; Luk_5:6; Joh_21:11, etc.; 1Co_15:39.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἰχθύς ichthus 20x a fish, Mat_15:36 ; Mat_17:27 ; Luk_5:6 fish.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἰχθύς , -ύος , ὁ , [in LXX for H1709 , H1710 ;] a fish: Mat_7:10 , Mar_6:38 , al.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἰχθύς [page 309] P Petr III. 107( e ) .6, .9 (iii/B.C.) ἰχθύος , BGU IV. 1123 .9 (time of Augustus) ἢ ἰχθύας ἢ ἀγρίας , P Fay 113 .13 (A.D. 100) τῇ πόλι πέμσις εἰκθύας ( l. ἰχθύας ) (δραχμῶν ) ιβ , P Hamb I. 6 .11 (A.D. 128) μηδὲν ἀπὸ θή [ρ ]ας ἰχθύας π̣εριγεγονέναι μέχρι ν̣ῦν , OG1S 484 .26 (ii/A.D.) δι᾽ ὧν ἐπηρέαζον μάλιστα τοὺς τὸν ἰχθὺν πιπράσκοντας . The noun is used collectively in P Flor II. 201 .9 (A.D. 259) τοὺς παρά σοι ἁλιέας ἀποστεῖλαι ἔχοντας ἰχθὺν κάλλιστον , spedire i tuoi pescatori con assai quantitΰ di pesce (Ed.). For the adj. ἰχθυϊκός ( 2Ch_33:14 A) see Ostr 331 .4 (Ptol.) ἰχθυϊκῶν ἁλιέων , and for ἰχθυηρός ( 2Es_13:3 ) see P Par 63 .98 (B.C. 165) τοὺς ὑποτελεῖς τῆ̣ τε ἰχθυηρᾷ καὶ ζυτηρᾷ , those subject to the fish tax and the beer tax. The Christian epigram Kaibel 725 (iii-v/A.D.) is partly acrostic, the initial letters of the first five lines making up the word ἰχθύς .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἰχθύς "a fish", Hom. , etc. in pl., οἱ ἰχθῦς "the fish-market", Ar.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἰχθύς, -ύoς, ὁ [in LXX for דָּג, דָּגָה ;] a fish: Mat.7:10, Mrk.6:38, al. (AS)

Bible Occurrences (18)

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