Dâg — H1709

H1709 · Hebrew — דג

Pronunciation: dawg

Other spellings: dâʼg דָּאג

Definition

masculine noun

a fish (often used collectively)

  1. fish

Usually translated as

fish

Origin

or (fully) 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)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Dâg occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (2), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Jonah (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — D