Reference: Net
Easton
in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Mt 13:47-48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Mt 4:18; Mr 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Lu 5:4-9).
The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps 69:22; Job 18:9; Ec 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer 5:26-27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.
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The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
May their dining tables entrap them, and become a snare for their allies.
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people. Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.
"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea that gathered all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.
When he had finished speaking, he told Simon, "Push out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets." read more. After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until the boats began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" - because Simon and all the people who were with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught,
Fausets
1. Diktuon (from dikoo "to throw"); let down, cast, and drawn to shore (Lu 5:2-6; Joh 21:6-11; Mt 4:18-22).
2. Amfibleestron, "a cast net," from amfiballoo "cast about," "cast hither and there" (Mt 4:18; Mr 1:16). The Egyptians make it a tent over their sleeping place to ward off insects (Herodotus ii. 95).
3. Sageene, from sattoo "to load" (Mt 13:47), "a net ... cast into the sea ... gathered (together) of every kind," a sweepnet or dragnet (Hab 1:14 michmereth), or drawnet "seine," that takes in the compass of a small bay. In Pr 1:17 explain" surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird," because the bird sees the net and is on its guard; so youths warned by God's word raise their souls heavenward, on the wings of the fear, faith, and love of God, as the bird flies upward; and therefore escape the net which the tempters fancy they are going to entrap the "innocent" in, but in which really "their own blood and their own lives" are taken (Pr 1:11,18). (See BIRD.) The tempters think that their intended victims are "innocent in vain" (so translated for "without cause"), i.e. that their innocence will not save them; but it is themselves who "spread the net in vain" (Ps 7:15-16; 9:15; Re 16:6). A net is also the image of God's vengeance, which surprises in a moment and inextricably the sinner, when he least expects (La 1:13; Eze 12:13; Ho 7:12). In 1Ki 7:17 netted checker work about a pillar's capital.
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A network of latticework on top of the pillars was inlaid with ornamental wreaths and chains, the top of each pillar containing seven groups of ornamental structures.
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.
If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.
Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds, but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.
He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.
But I'll throw my net over him. As a result, he'll be captured with my net, and with it I'll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won't see it, though he'll die there.
When they go, I'll cast my net over them. I'll bring them down, as one shoots birds in the sky. I'll chasten them, as the assembly has already heard.
"You have fashioned mankind like fish in the ocean, like creeping things that have no ruler.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen. "Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!" read more. So at once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them, they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea that gathered all kinds of fish.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.
He saw two boats lying on the shore, but the fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets. So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat. read more. When he had finished speaking, he told Simon, "Push out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets." After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.
He told them, "Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some." So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish. That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea. read more. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore. When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread. Jesus told them, "Bring me some of the fish you've just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish 153 of them. And although there were so many of them, the net was not torn.
You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."
Morish
Various words are translated 'net,' some signifying large nets, and others the drag net. Symbolically nets represent devices secretly laid or they would be shunned, even as a bird avoids a net spread in its sight. Pr 1:17. The kingdom of heaven is compared to a net cast into the sea., which gathers good and bad; 'the wicked' will be sorted from 'the just' at the end of the age. Mt 13:47-49. Satan and the wicked also prepare their nets and snares. Ps 141:10; 1Ti 3:7.
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Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I come through. A Davidic Song, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,
"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea that gathered all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. read more. That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,
And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.
Smith
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