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Strong's #1350 - δίκτυον
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δίκτῠον, τό, (δικεῖν) net:
1 fishing-net, δικτύῳ ἐξέρυσαν πολυωπῷ (sc. ἰχθύας) Od. 22.386; φελλοὶ δ' ὣς ἄγουσι δ. A. Ch. 506; μολυβδὶς ὥστε δ. κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840; δ. καθιέναι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, Arist. HA 533b19, 602b8.
2. hunting-net, Hdt. 1.123, Ar. Av. 1083, etc.; larger than ἄρκυς, X. Cyn. 2.5, cf. Poll. 5.26, 27.
3. metaph., δ. ἄτης, Ἅιδου, A. Pr. 1078 (anap.), Ag. 1115 (lyr.), cf. S. Fr. 932.
4. lattice-work, IG 11(2).165.4, 13 (Delos, iii B. C.).
5. bottom of a sieve, Hsch.
δίκτυον, δικτύου, τό (perhaps from ΔΙΚΑΙΝ to cast, cf. Etym. Magn. col. 275, 21), a net: Matthew 4:20; Mark 1:18; Luke 5:2, 4-6; John 21:6, 8, 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
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δίκτυον , -ον , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7568, H7639;]
general term for a net: Matthew 4:20-21, Mark 1:18-19, Luke 5:2; Luke 5:4-6, John 21:6; John 21:8; John 21:11 †
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον G293 (q.v.), σαγήνη G4522.
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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.
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