Fish
דָּג (dag)
Clean when it has both fins and scales (Lev 11:9) — scaleless fish such as catfish and eel are not
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 58 verses (KJV)
Description
Fish were a dietary staple around the Sea of Galilee, caught with nets by professional fishermen. They became the backdrop for some of Jesus’ most memorable miracles and meals — from a catch so large it nearly sank two boats to a breakfast cooked over coals on the beach after the resurrection.
Key verses
“These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.”
Leviticus 11:9
“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.”
John 21:9
Symbolism
The call to gather people rather than fish — ‘I will make you fishers of men’ (Matthew 4:19).
All 58 referencesshow
- 1 Corinthians 15:39
- 1 Kings 4:33
- 2 Chronicles 33:14
- Deuteronomy 4:18
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
- Exodus 7:18
- Exodus 7:21
- Ezekiel 29:4
- Ezekiel 29:5
- Ezekiel 38:20
- Ezekiel 47:9
- Ezekiel 47:10
- Genesis 1:26
- Genesis 1:28
- Genesis 9:2
- Habakkuk 1:14
- Hosea 4:3
- Isaiah 19:10
- Isaiah 50:2
- Jeremiah 16:16
- Job 12:8
- Job 41:7
- John 6:9
- John 6:11
- John 21:6
- John 21:8
- John 21:9
- John 21:10
- John 21:11
- John 21:13
- Jonah 1:17
- Jonah 2:1
- Jonah 2:10
- Luke 5:6
- Luke 5:9
- Luke 9:13
- Luke 9:16
- Luke 11:11
- Luke 24:42
- Mark 6:38
- Mark 6:41
- Mark 6:43
- Mark 8:7
- Matthew 7:10
- Matthew 14:17
- Matthew 14:19
- Matthew 15:34
- Matthew 15:36
- Matthew 17:27
- Nehemiah 3:3
- Nehemiah 12:39
- Nehemiah 13:16
- Numbers 11:5
- Numbers 11:22
- Psalms 8:8
- Psalms 105:29
- Zephaniah 1:3
- Zephaniah 1:10