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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 - All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - After this Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel. He built the wall very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - then past the Ephraim Gate to the Old City Gate,[fn] past the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and on to the Tower of the Hundred. Then we continued on to the Sheep Gate and stopped at the Guard Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah—and in Jerusalem at that!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 - Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - That is why your land is in mourning,
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn]Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - Are we only fish to be caught and killed?
Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will sweep away people and animals alike.
I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.
I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble,[fn]
and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - “On that day,” says the LORD,
“a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gate
and echo throughout the New Quarter of the city.[fn]
And a great crash will sound from the hills.
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