Bible Dictionary: Fish: Figurative

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Ezekiel 47:9,10
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that lives, which moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the river comes.
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Strong's Hebrew

5315. nephesh -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire ...
... accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) -- any, appetite, beast, body,
breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost ...
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Library

The Knowledge of Tropes is Necessary.
... there is no fish, which was not made for fish, and yet gets its name from fish? ... to
inquire whether they may not be used in this or that figurative sense which ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 29 the knowledge of tropes.htm

Even Unburied Bodies Will be Raised Again Whatever Befalls them ...
... proof of this divine power, when he comes forth from the fish's belly uninjured
in ... If things which pertain to the body are figurative, why are not those which ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xxxii even unburied bodies will.htm

"Nineveh, that Great City"
... full of lies and robbery." In figurative language the prophet Nahum compared the
Ninevites to a cruel ... "Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 22 nineveh that great.htm

Rule for Interpreting those Sayings and Actions which are Ascribed ...
... to men whose holiness is put before us as an example, are wholly figurative, and
the ... And any sane man would prefer eating fish after the manner of our Lord, to ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 12 rule for interpreting those.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... The figurative reason for these things is that all these animals signified certain
sins, in ... In like manner those fish that have scales and fins are clean in ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Last Events in Galilee - the Tribute-Money, the Dispute by the ...
... But God rewarded the Jew, for, when the fish was opened, a precious gem was ... round
the neck occurs also in the Talmud - although there as figurative of almost ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the last events.htm

Whether a Suitable Cause Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies which ...
... that which the figure represents, therefore the reasons of the figurative sacrifices
of ... Reply to Objection 3: Fish through living in water are further removed ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a suitable cause can.htm

Natural Science and Theological Science.
... our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the ... the
method of speech is not such as to challenge a figurative interpretation, is ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/sermon ii natural science and.htm

Institutions of Jesus.
... combined with a more ancient tradition on the place of fish in the ... his disciples,
"I am your nourishment""a phrase which, turned in figurative style, became ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xviii institutions of jesus.htm

Out of St. Luke's Fifth ChapterAre Found Proofs of Christ's ...
... foretold, "Behold, I will send many fishers; and they shall fish them," [3713 ... present
the offering which Moses commanded." [3741] For the figurative signs of ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter ix out of st lukes.htm

Subtopics

Fish

Fish Gate

Fish Gate: General Scriptures Concerning

Fish Spear: General Scriptures Concerning

Fish: Appointed for Food

Fish: Broiled

Fish: Caught with Nets

Fish: Caught: Hooks

Fish: Caught: Spears

Fish: Clean and Unclean

Fish: Creation of