What does ἰχθύς · μέγας mean in the Bible?
ἰχθύς · μέγας is a Greek phrase meaning "large fish".
Greek · G2486, G3173
ἰχθύων μεγάλων
A fish · big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
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ἰχθύς G2486 a fish
Pronunciation ichthýs
A fish; used symbolically in early Christianity as an acrostic for "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior.
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μέγας G3173 big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Pronunciation mégas
Describes size, intensity, rank, or importance—applies broadly across physical, moral, and spiritual dimensions
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What does ἰχθύων μεγάλων (ichthyōn megalōn) mean in the Bible?
ἰχθύς · μέγας is a Greek phrase meaning "large fish".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2486, G3173?
G2486, G3173 is connected to 20 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. large fish
Source Gloss
large fish
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 20 Case pattern Accusative (10) Number pattern Plural (15)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 9:13 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Mark 6:43 · Luke 5:6 · Luke 5:9 · John 21:6 · John 21:8 · John 21:11 · 1 Cor 15:39 7×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 11:11 · Luke 24:42 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:17 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 15:36 · Mark 6:38 · Mark 6:41 · Luke 9:16 7×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:10 · Matt 17:27 · Luke 11:11 3×
Word Origins
ἰχθύων μεγάλων is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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