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Net
In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, “like the top of a tent.” (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9).
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The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, “gin;” Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.
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[See FISHING]
In the Bible
39
Verses where Net is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
For 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.
- Exodus 27:4
Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
- Exodus 27:5
Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
- Ezekiel 12:13
But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
- Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
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Scripture on Net
37
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- Psalms 35Ecclesiastes 9Matthew 4Matthew 13Mark 1Job 19Psalms 9Psalms 10Psalms 18Psalms 25Psalms 31Psalms 57Psalms 66Psalms 69Psalms 124Psalms 140Proverbs 1Proverbs 12Proverbs 29Ecclesiastes 7Isaiah 19Isaiah 51Jeremiah 5Lamentations 1Ezekiel 12Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 19Ezekiel 32Hosea 5Hosea 7Amos 3Micah 7
Voices on Net
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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