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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 dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah[fn] Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - People from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath to the people of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 - Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - You have made people like the fish in the sea, like the sea creatures that have no ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea— and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”[fn] “When I destroy all mankind on 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, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.
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