ἸΧΘΥΕΣ, ἰχθυες
ICHTHYES, ichthyes
Sounds Like: ikh-THOO-ess
Translations: fish
From the root: ἸΧΘΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a fish, an aquatic vertebrate. In its plural form, as seen here, it refers to multiple fish. It is commonly used in contexts describing marine life or food.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2486 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 101:7
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 10:10
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:71
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 7:18, 7:21
- Ecclesiastes — 9:12
- Job — 12:8
- Isaiah — 50:2
- Ezekiel — 38:20, 47:10
- Hosea — 4:3
- Zephaniah — 1:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 9:13
From the same root
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