STRONGS G293:
ἀμφίβληστρον, -ου, τό, (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as chains, a garment; specifically, a net for fishing [casting-net]: Mark 1:16 R G L; Matthew 4:18. (Sept.; Hesiod scut. 215; Herodotus 1, 141; Athen. 10, 72, p. 450.)
[Synonym: see δίκτυον, and cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word net.]
Related entry:
ἀμφιβάλλω; to throw around, equivalent to περιβάλλω, of a garment (Homer Odyssey 14, 342); to cast to and fro now to one side now to the other: a net, Mark 1:16 G L T Tr WH [according to T Tr WH used absolutely; cf. οἱ ἀμϕιβολεῖς, Isaiah 19:8]. (Habakkuk 1:17)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Isaiah
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19:8
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Habakkuk
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1:17
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Matthew
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4:18
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Mark
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1:16; 1:16