G232: ἁλιεύω (halieúō)

Quick Definition

ἁλιεύω v. I fish

Strong's Definition

from 231; to be a fisher, i.e. (by implication) to fish

KJV Usage: go a-fishing

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἁλιεύω (G0232)

verb | ἁλίζω

44.7 · Animal Husbandry, Fishing

to fish to catch fish, whether by means of a line or by a net

JHN 21:3

¹ JHN 21:3 In the last part of JHN 21:3 πιάζω ‘to seize, to catch’ (18.3) is used of catching fish, but this usage should be subsumed under the broader meaning of ‘to seize.’

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἁλιεύω halieuō 1x

to fish, Jn. 21:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἁλιεύω

(< ἁλιεύς), [in LXX: Je 16:16 (דִּיג)*;]

to fish: Jo 21:3 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἁλιεύω. The verb occurs in P Flor II. 2755", from the Heroninus correspondence (middle iii/A.D.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἁλιεύω (halieuō) — to fish. ἁλι-εύω, (ἅλς) fish, [NT]; to be a fisher, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; fish for, catch, σπάρους uncertain reading in [LXX+5th c.BC+]

II. only middle occurs in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἁλιευομένη, title of play by [Refs 4th c.BC+]