noun · feminine
sagēnas
Greekσαγήνη (sagēnē)
Strong’sG4522
a fishing-net
stem sagēn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σαγήνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶם;]
SYN.: ἀμφίβληστρον (q.v.), δίκτυον
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4522 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsag-ay'-nay
a "seine" for fishing
Fromfrom a derivative of σάττω (to equip) meaning furniture, especially a pack-saddle (which in the East is merely a bag of netted rope);
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 nominative | sagēnas | sagēnais |
| object accusative | sagēnan | sagēnain |
| direct address vocative | sagēnar | sagēnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sagēnau | sagēnaiu |
| to, for dative | sagēna1×σαγήνῃ | sagēnai |
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
sagēna 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
sagēna“net”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 13:47“net”Palin homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu sagēna ballirata eis tan thalassan kai ek panteu geneu sunagarata;Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.