Reference: Net
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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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A trap seizes [him] by [the] heel; a snare takes hold of him. His rope is hidden in the ground, and his trap on [the] path.
The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; [the] snares of death confronted me.
Let their table before them be a trap, and their [times of] peace a snare.
[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.
[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah
For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them.
And the fishers will mourn, and all of those who cast fishhooks in the Nile will lament, and those who spread out fishing nets on [the] {surface} of [the] water will languish.
For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans. Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.
Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind, which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out.
And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).
And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets." read more. And [when they] did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear. And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come [and] help them, and they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink. And [when he] saw [it], Simon Peter fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, Lord, because I am {a sinful man}!" For amazement had seized him and all those [who were] with him at the catch of fish that 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 [and] wreaths of chainwork with small chains [were] for the capitals which [were] on top of the pillars; seven for the first capital and seven for the second capital.
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made. His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}." They lie in wait for their [own] blood. They ambush their [own] lives.
From heaven he sent fire, into my bones he let it descend. He spread out a net for my feet; he turned me back, he gave me devastation, fainting all day.
And I will spread out my net on him, and he will be captured in my hunting snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
Just as they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to a report to their assembly.
You make humankind like fish of the sea, like crawling creatures that have no ruler among them.
Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen). And he said to them, "{Follow me} and I will make you fishers of people." read more. And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him. And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. And immediately they left the boat and their father [and] followed him.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind,
And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).
and he saw two boats there beside the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them [and] were washing their nets. And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, [and] asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down [and] began to teach the crowds from the boat. read more. And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets." And [when they] did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.
And he said to them, "Throw the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find [some]." So they threw [it], and were no longer able to haul it in from the large number of the fish. Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, [when he] heard that it was the Lord, tied around himself his outer garment (for he was naked) and threw himself into the sea. read more. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net of fish, because they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away. So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire laid [there], and a fish lying on [it], and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just now caught." So Simon Peter got into [the boat] and hauled the net to the land, full of large fish--one hundred fifty-three--and [although there] were so many, the net was not torn.
because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"
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 nets, while I escape altogether.
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind, which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out. read more. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous
so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Smith
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