Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4600 Living beings » 4642 fish A basic ingredient of diet in biblical times. Fishing was regarded as a trade rather than a recreation. Fish as part of God's creation Genesis 1:20-22 See also Genesis 1:26; Genesis 9:2; 1 Kings 4:33; Psalm 8:8; 1 Corinthians 15:39 Fish as food Matthew 7:9-10 pp Luke 11:11 Matthew 14:17 pp Mark 6:38 pp Luke 9:16 pp John 6:9 See also Numbers 11:5; Nehemiah 13:16; Matthew 15:34 pp Mark 8:7; Luke 24:42; John 21:13 Rules about eating fish Leviticus 11:9-12; Deuteronomy 14:9-10 Fish related to judgment Exodus 7:18; Isaiah 19:8 See also Psalm 105:29; Isaiah 50:2; Hosea 4:3; Zephaniah 1:3 Fish as the object of pagan worship Deuteronomy 4:15-18 See also Judges 16:23 Dagon was the fish god. Fish involved in miracles Jonah 1:17; Luke 5:4-7 See also Matthew 14:19-21 pp Mark 6:39-44 pp Luke 9:14-17 pp John 6:10-13; Matthew 15:35-38 pp Mark 8:7-9; Matthew 17:24-27; John 21:5-6 Figurative uses of fish Fish as a symbol of entrapment Ecclesiastes 9:12 See also Ezekiel 29:4-5; Habakkuk 1:14-17 Fish as a symbol of the kingdom of God Matthew 13:47-48 See also Ezekiel 47:10 Fish as a symbol of the resurrection Fishermen as the first disciples Figurative use of fishermen Jeremiah 16:16; Matthew 4:19 Describing the disciples' evangelistic role. See also
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