Strong’s H1728 · Hebrew

דַּוָּג
davvâg
dav-vawg'

Definition

a fisherman

Etymology

an orthographical variation of H1709 (דָּג) as a denominative (H1771 (דַּיָּג));

Where the KJV renders it

  • fisher

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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