STRONGS G4522:
σαγήνη,
σαγηνης,
ἡ (
σάσσω to load, fill),
a large fishing-net, a drag-net (
Vulg.sagena (cf. English seine)), used in catching fish that swim in shoals (cf.
B. D., under the word ;
Trench, Synonyms, § lxiv.):
Matthew 13:47. (The
Sept.;
Plutarch, solert. anim., p. 977 f.;
Lucian, pisc. 51; Tim. 22;
Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 14;
Aelian h. a. 11, 12; (
βάλλειν σαγηνης Babrius fab. 4, 1; 9, 6).)
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