A seine (for fishing)
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Diktyon names a fishing net, the working equipment of fishermen in the Gospels. Matthew and Mark show Simon, Andrew, James, and John leaving or mending their nets when Jesus calls them, so the word can mark vocation surrendered to discipleship.
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Diktyon names a fishing net, the working equipment of fishermen in the Gospels. Matthew and Mark show Simon, Andrew, James, and John leaving or mending their nets when Jesus calls them, so the word can mark vocation surrendered to discipleship.
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include nets (8), net (4).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:20. Its strongest book concentrations include John (4), Luke (4), Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Diktyon names a fishing net, the working equipment of fishermen in the Gospels. Matthew and Mark show Simon, Andrew, James, and John leaving or mending their nets when Jesus calls them, so the word can mark vocation surrendered to discipleship. Luke 5 places nets under Jesus' command after a fruitless night, and the catch strains the equipment as Simon sees the Lord's power.
John 21 returns to the net after the resurrection, where Jesus directs the disciples to a full catch and the net is not torn. Diktyon should not be turned into a mechanical symbol for church growth or ministry technique. It is a concrete tool through which call, obedience, provision, and restored mission become visible.
Diktyon names a fishing net. The Gospels use it in call narratives, obedient fishing after Jesus' word, and the resurrection catch by the sea.
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Simon and Andrew leave their nets at once when Jesus calls them.
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
James and John are seen mending their nets when Jesus calls them.
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
Jesus commands Simon to let down the nets after He has finished teaching.
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
The catch in Luke is so large that the nets begin to tear.
He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
The risen Jesus tells the disciples where to cast the net, and they cannot haul it in because of the fish.
So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
Peter drags the full net ashore, and even with many fish the net is not torn.
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Greek word. A net for catching fish, used metaphorically in NT for gathering disciples into God's kingdom.
A net for catching fish, used metaphorically in NT for gathering disciples into God's kingdom.
general term for a net: Mat.4:20-21, Mrk.1:18-19, Luk.5:2, 4-6, Jhn.21:6, 8 21:11
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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δίκτυον is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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Diktyon keeps discipleship connected to real work while refusing to make work ultimate. Nets are left when Jesus calls, mended before ordinary labor, lowered at His word after failure, strained by unexpected abundance, and filled again after the resurrection. These details show that Jesus does not merely decorate existing vocations with religious language. He summons, redirects, and provides.
The net is a tool, not a technique. Luke 5 humbles Simon before the Lord's power, while John 21 restores mission in the presence of the risen Christ. Teachers can use diktyon to speak of calling, obedience, failure, provision, and mission without promising that every act of obedience produces visible abundance on demand.
John.21.11
Diktyon is a concrete noun for a fishing net. It differs from broader hunting or trapping imagery because the Gospel contexts are fishermen, boats, call, and catch.
Fishing imagery can appear in judgment, gathering, or provision contexts across Scripture. The Gospel uses of diktyon are narrower: they concern fishermen called by Jesus, obedience to His word, and a resurrection catch that points to His authority.