Word Study · Strong's H1710 · Hebrew
דָּגָה
dagah
daw-gaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dâgâh
“{a fish (often used collectively)}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{a fish (often used collectively)}
Rendered in the KJV as
fish.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- דְּגַ֣ת2
- בִדְגַ֨ת1
- בִּדְגַ֤ת1
- דָּגָ֥ה1
- דְגַת־1
- דְגָתָ֔ם1
- דְּגָתָם֙1
- דְּגָתָֽם׃1
- הַדָּגָ֔ה1
- הַדָּגָ֖ה1
- הַדָּגָֽה׃1
- וְהַדָּגָ֧ה1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- [the] fish of3
- fish their3
- the fish3
- and the fish2
- over [the] fish of2
- fish1
- like [the] fish of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 3
- HR/Ncfsc · 3
- HTd/Ncfsa · 3
- HC/Td/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcfsa · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel6 of 15 · 40%
- Genesis2 of 15 · 13%
- Exodus2 of 15 · 13%
- Numbers1 of 15 · 7%
- Deuteronomy1 of 15 · 7%
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 1:26בִדְגַ֨תvidgatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”here: over [the] fish of
- Genesis 1:28בִּדְגַ֤תbidgatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”here: over [the] fish of
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 7:18וְהַדָּגָ֧הvehadagahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: and the fish
- Exodus 7:21וְהַדָּגָ֨הvehadagahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.here: and the fish
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:4דְגַת־degat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: [the] fish of
- Ezekiel 29:4דְּגַ֣תdegatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: [the] fish of
- Ezekiel 29:5דְּגַ֣תdegatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.here: [the] fish of
- Ezekiel 47:9הַדָּגָ֖הhadagahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.here: the fish
- Ezekiel 47:10דְגָתָ֔םdegatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.here: fish their
- Ezekiel 47:10כִּדְגַ֛תkidgatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.here: like [the] fish of
Same headword in Strong's