What does דָּג · גָּדוֹל mean in the Bible?
דָּג · גָּדוֹל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "great fish, large sea creature".
Hebrew · H1709, H1419
דָּג גָּדוֹל
A fish (often used collectively) · great (in any sense); hence, older ; also insolent
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Words in this compound — expand to study each participant
דָּג H1709 a fish (often used collectively)
גָּדוֹל H1419 great (in any sense); hence, older ; also insolent
What does דָּג גָּדוֹל (dag gadol) mean in the Bible?
דָּג · גָּדוֹל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "great fish, large sea creature".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1709, H1419?
H1709, H1419 is connected to 549 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. great fish, large sea creature
Strong's H1709, H1419
Lexical occurrences 549 verses Source Gloss
great fish, large sea creature
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דָּג גָּדוֹל 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