Lexicon :: Strong's G2486 - ichthys

Then God said, “Let us make man[fn] in[fn] our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl[fn] on the earth.”

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

“The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.

“The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it.”

The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

“We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

“any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.

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

The Tyrians living there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;

let the fish of the sea inform you.

the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.

He turned their water into blood

and caused their fish to die.

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

Why was no one there when I came?

Why was there no one to answer when I called?

Is my arm too weak to redeem?

Or do I have no power to rescue?

Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;

I turn the rivers into a wilderness;

their fish rot because of lack of water

and die of thirst.

I will put hooks in your jaws

and make the fish of your streams

cling to your scales.

I will haul you up

from the middle of your Nile,

and all the fish of your streams

will cling to your scales.

“The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that crawls on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble before me. The mountains will be demolished, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

“Every kind of living creature that swarms will live wherever the river flows,[fn] and there will be a huge number of fish because this water goes there. Since the water will become fresh, there will be life everywhere the river goes.

For this reason the land mourns,

and everyone who lives in it languishes,

along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky;

even the fish of the sea disappear.

You have made mankind

like the fish of the sea,

like marine creatures that have no ruler.

I will sweep away people and animals;

I will sweep away the birds of the sky

and the fish of the sea,

and the ruins[fn] along with the wicked.

I will cut off mankind

from the face of the earth.

This is the LORD’s declaration.