Quick Definition
a fishing net, drag-net
Strong's Definition
a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)
Derivation: from a compound of the base of G297 (ἀμφότερος) and G906 (βάλλω);
KJV Usage: net
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμφίβληστρον, , τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as chains, a garment; specifically, a net for fishing (casting-net): Mar_1:16 R G L; Mat_4:18. (the Sept.; Hesiod scut. 215; Herodotus 1, 141; Athen. 10, 72, p. 450.) (Synonym: see δίκτυον, and cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word .)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμφίβληστρον amphiblēstron 1x
pr. what is thrown around, e.g., a garment; a large kind of fishnet, Mat_4:18
G906 + G293
ἀμφιβάλλω amphiballō 1x
to throw around; to cast a net, Mar_1:16
ἀμφιέζω amphiez ō 1x
to clothe, Luk_12:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀμφίβληστρον , -ου , τό
( < ἀμφιβάλλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2764 ;]
something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Mat_4:18 .†
ἀμφι -βάλλω
( v. supr .),
[in LXX : Hab_1:17 * ;]
= περιβάλλω , to throw around, as a garment: absol. ( MM , VGT , s.v. ), of casting a net: Mar_1:16 ( Rec. βάλλονταν ἀμφίβληστρον ).†
SYN.: δίκτυον G1350 , σαγήνη G4522 . ἀ . is a casting-net, σ . a drag-net, δ . is the more general term - a net of any kind ( Tr., Syn. , § lxiv).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀμφίβληστρον [Etym: ἀμφιβάλλω] "anything thrown round": "a casting-net", Hes. , Hdt. :—metaph. of "the garment thrown like a net over" Agamemnon, Aesch. "a fetter, bond", id=Aesch. of walls, "encompassment" of city-walls, Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀμφίβληστρον, -ου, τό
(ἀμφιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵרֶם ;]
something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Mat.4:18.†
(AS)