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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 BoxGen 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your [fn]power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - (LXX 5:13) And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the fish-gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Opel; and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - And the sons of Asana built the fish-gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, and bolts, and bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - of Ephraim, and to the fish-gate, and by the tower of Anameel, and as far as the sheep-gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - and I testified in the day of their sale. Also their dwelt in it men bringing fish, and selling every kind of merchandise to the children of Juda and in Jerusalem on the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 - (LXX 40:31) And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither shall they carry his head in fishing-vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - (LXX 8:9) the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the creatures passing through the paths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - (LXX 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - (LXX 2:11) And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men slaying, and a howling from the second gate, and a great crashing from the hills.
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