What does ἁλιεύς · ἄνθρωπος mean in the Bible?
ἁλιεύς · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "fishers of men, gatherers of people".
Greek · G231, G444
ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων
Fisherman · a human
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ἁλιεύς G231 fisherman
Pronunciation halieús
A fisherman, particularly one called by Jesus to become an apostle and fisher of men.
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ἄνθρωπος G444 a human
Pronunciation ánthrōpos
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What does ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων (halieis anthrōpōn) mean in the Bible?
ἁλιεύς · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "fishers of men, gatherers of people".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G231, G444?
G231, G444 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. fishers of men, gatherers of people
Source Gloss
fishers of men, gatherers of people
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (5)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:18 · Mark 1:16 · Luke 5:2 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:19 · Mark 1:17 2×
Word Origins
ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων is built from this root:
ἅλς G251
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain