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Strong's #293 - ἀμφίβληστρον
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- anything thrown around one to impede his motions, as chains, a garment, a net for fishing
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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): Mark 1:16 R G L; Matthew 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
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ἀμφίβληστρον , -ου , τό
(< ἀμφιβάλλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2764;]
something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Matthew 4:18.†
ἀμφι -βάλλω
(v. supr.),
[in LXX: Habakkuk 1:17 *;]
= περιβάλλω , to throw around, as a garment: absol. (MM, VGT, s.v.), of casting a net: Mark 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).
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