What does ἁλιεύς (halieús) mean in the Bible?
ἁλιεύς (halieús): A fisherman, particularly one called by Jesus to become an apostle and fisher of men.
Greek · G231
ἁλιεύς
Fisherman
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ἁλιεύς G231
Pronunciation halieús
What does ἁλιεύς (halieús) mean in the Bible?
ἁλιεύς (halieús): A fisherman, particularly one called by Jesus to become an apostle and fisher of men.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G231?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fishermen (3), fishers (2).
Where does ἁλιεύς (halieús) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2), Luke (1).
Are there verse guides for ἁλιεύς (halieús)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It fishermen 3× Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16, Luke 5:2
fishers 2× Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 4:18 ἁλιεῖς to fishermen Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 4:19 ἁλιεῖς to fishers Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 1:16 ἁλιεῖς to fishermen Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 1:17 ἁλιεῖς to fishers Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 5:2 ἁλιεῖς to fishermen Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 4:18
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1
Source forms
ἁλιεῖς 5x halieis Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:16, Mark 1:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16, Luke 5:2
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A fisherman, particularly one called by Jesus to become an apostle and fisher of men.
Source Gloss
fisherman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 4:18 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἁλιεῖς. alieiv
a fisherman
Read verse alieiv
a fisherman
Read verse Mark 1:16 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἁλιεῖς. alieiv
a fisherman
Read verse Mark 1:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἁλιεῖς alieiv
a fisherman
Read verse Luke 5:2 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἁλιεῖς alieiv
a fisherman
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.
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×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical hunters who catch people, representing divine judgment agents
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἁλιεύς is built from this root:
ἅλς G251
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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