ἰχθύς ichthus

Greek word for “fish” · Strong’s G2486 · used 20 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

ἰχθύς, -ύoς, ὁ; a fish:, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ichthus in context, with how often each is used:

• fish 19
• fishes 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 6 (3), John 21 (3), Matthew 14 (2), Luke 5 (2), Luke 9 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 24 (1)

Forms

• ἰχθύας 7
• ἰχθύων 7
• ἰχθὺν 2
• ἰχθύος 2
• ἰχθύες 1
• ἰχθύν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ichthus more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πέντε pente “five” 6
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 7
• δίκτυον diktuon “net” 4
• δύο duo “two” 6
• ἐπιδίδωμι epididōmi “to give/deliver” 3
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 6
• ἀναβλέπω anablepō “to look up/again” 3
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 5
• κατακλάω kataklaō “to break” 2
• εὐλογέω eulogeō “to praise/bless” 3
• ἕλκω helkuō, helkō “to draw/persuade” 2

Key verses

The verses using ichthus that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 14:17 — And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
• Matthew 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and…
• Matthew 15:36 — And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
• Matthew 17:27 — Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his…
• Mark 6:38 — He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
• Mark 6:41 — And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set…
• Luke 5:6 — And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
• Luke 5:9 — For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
• Luke 9:13 — But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
• Luke 9:16 — Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
• Luke 11:11 — If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
• John 21:6 — And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.