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Lexicon :: Strong's H1709 - dāḡ

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דָּג
Transliteration
dāḡ
Pronunciation
dawg
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 401a

Strong’s Definitions

דָּג dâg, dawg; or (fully) דָּאג dâʼg; (Nehemiah 13:16), from H1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from H1672 (as timid); but still better from H1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively):—fish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1709 in the following manner: fish (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1709 in the following manner: fish (20x).

  1. fish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּג dâg, dawg; or (fully) דָּאג dâʼg; (Nehemiah 13:16), from H1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from H1672 (as timid); but still better from H1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively):—fish.
STRONGS H1709: Abbreviations
† דָּג noun masculineJon 2:1 fish (Late Hebrew id.) — דָּג Jonah 2:1 (twice in verse); Jonah 2:11 + Nehemiah 13:16 Qr (Kt דָּאג); דָּגִים 1 Kings 5:13 + 6 times; דְּגֵי Genesis 9:2 + 7 times; — fish of sea Jonah 2:1 (twice in verse); Jonah 2:11 (in Jonah 1:1 גָּדוֺל ד׳); Nehemiah 13:16 (דָּאג Kt דָּג article of Tyrian trade; only here collective, read perhaps דָּגָה; or regard as late usage, compare converse דָּגָה of individual Jonah 2:2); — elsewhere always plural: as subject of Solomon's utterance 1 Kings 5:13; fish-spear צִלְצַל דגים Job 40:31 Job 41:7]; most often דְּגֵי הַיָּם Genesis 9:2 (P), Psalm 8:9; Hosea 4:3; Zephaniah 1:3; Ezekiel 38:20; Job 12:8 (in all opposed to beasts & birds, & apparently used with them, + רֶמֶשׂ Ezekiel compare verb רמשׂ Genesis, for animal creation in general; also Habakkuk 1:14 compare below); Numbers 11:22 (JE) of fish (with beasts) as food (compare Genesis 9:2f.) in simile of men ensnared, like fish taken in net (מְצוֺדָה) Ecclesiastes 9:12 compare Habakkuk 1:14 (דְּגֵי הַיָּם); + 4 times שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים fish-gate 2 Chronicles 33:14; Zephaniah 1:10; Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 12:39 (on situation compare שַׁעַר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:2; 9:2; 9:2

Numbers

11:22

1 Kings

5:13; 5:13

2 Chronicles

33:14

Nehemiah

3:3; 12:39; 13:16; 13:16

Job

12:8; 41:7

Psalms

8:9

Ecclesiastes

9:12

Ezekiel

38:20

Hosea

4:3

Jonah

1:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:2

Habakkuk

1:14; 1:14

Zephaniah

1:3; 1:10

H1709

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1709 matches the Hebrew דָּג (dāḡ),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - “The fear and the terror of you shall be [instinctive] in every animal of the land and in every bird of the air; and together with everything that moves on the ground, and with all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be collected for them to be sufficient for them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 -

After this he built an outer wall for the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the river valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the [fn]Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 -

Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors with its bolts and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, by 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Also men of Tyre were living there who brought fish and all kinds of merchandise, and they were selling them to the people of Judah on the Sabbath, even in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 -

Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you;

And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 -

“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,

Or his head with fishing spears?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 -

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - so that the fishes of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the creatures that crawl on the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth will tremble and shake at My presence; the mountains will crumble, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 -

Therefore the land [continually] mourns,

And everyone who lives in it languishes [in tragic suffering]

Together with the animals of the open country and the birds of the heavens;

Even the fish of the sea disappear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 -

Now the LORD had prepared (appointed, destined) a great [fn]fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the stomach of the fish [fn]three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 -

So the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 -

Why do You make men like the fish of the sea,

Like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are helpless against their enemies]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 -

“I will consume and sweep away man and beast;

I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air

And the fish of the sea,

And the [fn]stumbling blocks (idols) along with the wicked;

And I will cut off and destroy man from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 -

“On that day,” declares the LORD,

“There will be the sound of crying from the Fish (Damascus) Gate [in the northern wall of Jerusalem where invaders enter]

And wailing from the [fn]Second Quarter [of the city],

And a loud crash from the hills.

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