A basic ingredient of diet in biblical times. Fishing was regarded as a trade rather than a recreation.

Genesis 1:20-22

Fish as part of God's creation

See also

Genesis 1:26; 9:2
1 Kings 4:33
Psalms 8:8
1 Corinthians 15:39
Matthew 7:9-10

Fish as food

Matthew 14:17

pp Lk 11:11

pp Mk 6:38

See also

pp Lk 9:16

Numbers 11:5

pp Jn 6:9

Nehemiah 13:16
Matthew 15:34
Luke 24:42
John 21:13

pp Mk 8:7

Leviticus 11:9-12

Rules about eating fish

Deuteronomy 14:9-10
Exodus 7:18

Fish related to judgment

Isaiah 19:8

See also

Psalms 105:29
Isaiah 50:2
Hosea 4:3
Zephaniah 1:3
Deuteronomy 4:15-18

Fish as the object of pagan worship

See also

Judges 16:23

Dagon was the fish god.

Jonah 1:17

Fish involved in miracles

Luke 5:4-7

See also

Matthew 14:19-21

pp Mk 6:39-44

Matthew 15:35-38

pp Lk 9:14-17

pp Jn 6:10-13

Matthew 17:24-27
John 21:5-6

pp Mk 8:7-9

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Figurative uses of fish

See also

Fish as a symbol of entrapment

Ezekiel 29:4-5
Habakkuk 1:14-17
Matthew 13:47-48

See also

Fish as a symbol of the kingdom of God

Ezekiel 47:10
Matthew 12:40

Fish as a symbol of the resurrection

Matthew 4:18

Fishermen as the first disciples

pp Mk 1:16

Jeremiah 16:16

Figurative use of fishermen

Matthew 4:19

See also

Describing the disciples' evangelistic role.

2351 Christ, miracles
5426 news
5433 occupations
8747 false gods

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