Strong’s G4522 · Greek

σαγήνη
sagḗnē

Definition

a "seine" for fishing

Etymology

from a derivative of (to equip) meaning furniture, especially a pack-saddle (which in the East is merely a bag of netted rope);

Where the KJV renders it

  • net

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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