noun · neuter

amfiblēstrem

Greekἀμφίβληστρον (amfiblēstron)

Strong’sG293

a fishing net, drag-net

stem amfiblēstr-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

net1×

What it means

ἀμφίβληστρον, -ου, τό

(< ἀμφιβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵרֶם;]

something thrown around, as a garment; spec., a casting-net: Mt 4:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G293 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidam-fib'-lace-tron

a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish)

Fromfrom a compound of the base of G297 and G906;

King Jamesnet.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	amfiblēstrem	amfiblēstreim
of, belonging to genitive	amfiblēstreu	amfiblēstreiu
to, for dative	amfiblēstre	amfiblēstrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

amfiblēstrstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

amfiblēstre is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

amfiblēstrem1×

Matthew 4:18“net”Peripatarōtos de para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau horata duo adelfoin, Simōnon ton legirōton Petron kai Andreon ton adelfon autou, ballarōtoin amfiblēstrem eis tan thalassan, ale gar halievois;As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.