This word comes from the name of Fish Gate.
Definition
or (fully) דָּאג; (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)
Traditional renderings: fish.
Traditional renderings: fish.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
19 total
- Genesis 9:2דְּגֵ֥י · the fishThe fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
- Numbers 11:22דְּגֵ֥י · the fishIf all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
- 1 Kings 4:33הַדָּגִֽים׃ · and fishHe spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14הַדָּגִים֙ · of the FishAfter this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Nehemiah 3:3הַדָּגִ֔ים · The FishThe Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 12:39הַדָּגִ֗ים · the Fish…over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, 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.
- Nehemiah 13:16דָּ֖אג · fishAdditionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
- Job 12:8דְּגֵ֣י · let the fishOr speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
- Job 41:7דָּגִ֣ים · with fishingCan you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
- Psalm 8:8וּדְגֵ֣י · and the fish…the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12כַּדָּגִים֙ · Like fishFor surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Ezekiel 38:20דְּגֵ֣י · The fishThe fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Hosea 4:3דְּגֵ֥י · the fishTherefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- Jonah 1:17 (2×)דָּ֣ג · fish; הַדָּ֔ג · of the fishNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Jonah 2:10לַדָּ֑ג · the fishAnd the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
- Habakkuk 1:14כִּדְגֵ֣י · like the fishYou have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
- Zephaniah 1:3וּדְגֵ֣י · and the fish“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:10הַדָּגִ֔ים · the FishOn that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.