What does ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron) mean in the Bible?
ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron): A fishing implement with a bent shape, used to catch fish by piercing and holding.
Greek · G44
ἄγκιστρον
A hook (as bent)
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ἄγκιστρον G44
Pronunciation ánkistron
What does ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron) mean in the Bible?
ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron): A fishing implement with a bent shape, used to catch fish by piercing and holding.
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How does the BSB render G44?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a hook (1).
Where does ἄγκιστρον (ánkistron) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:27. 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 hook 1× Matthew 17:27
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 17:27
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
ἄγκιστρον 1x ankistron Matthew 17:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 17:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A fishing implement with a bent shape, used to catch fish by piercing and holding.
Strong's G44
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a hook (as bent)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A fishing implement with a bent shape, used to catch fish by piercing and holding.
(ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX חַכָּה, etc. ;] a fish-hook: Mat.17:27.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:27 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄγκιστρον, agkistron
a fish-hook
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 17:27 1×
Word Origins
ἄγκιστρον is built from this root:
ἀγκάλη G43
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