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Lexicon :: Strong's H1709 - dāḡ

Aa
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 BoxGen 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 - Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:10 - And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;
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