H1709 - דָּג (dâg)

H1709 דָּג (dâg) dawg

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Fish (Gate)

Biblical Persons & Places

Fish_Gate Fish Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)

A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at 2Ch.33.14; only referred to as Fish Gate (דָּג).

Strong's Definition

a fish (often used collectively)

Derivation: or (fully) דָּאג; (Nehemiah 13:16), from H1711 (דָּגָה); a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from H1672 (דָּאַג) (as timid); but still better from H1672 (דָּאַג) (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail);

KJV Usage: fish.

TWOT Reference: 401a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fish

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G231 G2486 G2785

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

fish

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דָּאג / דָּג dâg / dâg BDB Definition: 1) fish Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1711 Same Word by TWOT Number: 401a Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (18)

9:2

11:22

4:33

33:14

3:3 12:39 13:16

12:8 41:7

8:8

9:12

38:20

4:3

1:17 2:10

1:14

1:3 1:10

Genesis 9:2

The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth,... every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

Numbers 11:22

If [all our] flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals,... birds,... reptiles,... and fish.

2 Chronicles 33:14

After this, [Manasseh] rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the [hill of] Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Nehemiah 3:3

The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate,... the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Nehemiah 13:16

Additionally, [men of] Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.