What does ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron) mean in the Bible?
ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron): A circular casting-net thrown by hand around fish, not a fixed seine or trawl net
Greek · G293
ἀμφίβληστρον
A (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)
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ἀμφίβληστρον G293
Pronunciation amphíblēstron
What does ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron) mean in the Bible?
ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron): A circular casting-net thrown by hand around fish, not a fixed seine or trawl net
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How does the BSB render G293?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a net (1).
Where does ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
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 a net 1× Matthew 4:18
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 4:18
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
ἀμφίβληστρον 1x amphiblēstron Matthew 4:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 4:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A circular casting-net thrown by hand around fish, not a fixed seine or trawl net
Strong's G293
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A circular casting-net thrown by hand around fish, not a fixed seine or trawl net
(ἀμφιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵרֶם ;] something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Mat.4:18.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 4:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀμφίβληστρον amfiblhstron
a fishing net, drag-net
Read verse Mark 1:16 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀμφίβληστρον amfiblhstron
a fishing net, drag-net
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:18 1×
Word Origins
ἀμφίβληστρον is built from these roots:
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