Greek noun (masculine) · G2486
ἰχθύς
ichthysikh-thoos'
fish
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ichthýs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2486is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2486
a fish
The King James renders it: fish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ichthys is rendered "fish". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
Matthew 7:10ἰχθὺν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fish13
- a fish3
- of fish2
- of a fish1
- of fishes1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἰχθύδιον | ichthydion | little fish | Uses2 |
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἰχθύας7
- ἰχθύων6
- ἰχθὺν2
- ἰχθύος2
- ἰχθύες1
- ἰχθύν1
- ἰχθύων.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural7N-APM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural7N-GPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Matthew
five uses
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
- ἰχθὺνichthunnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a fish
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
- ἰχθὺνichthunnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: fish
Mark
four uses
“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
Luke
seven uses
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of fishes
For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
- ἰχθύεςichthuesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
- ἰχθύαςichthuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- ἰχθύνichthunnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a fish
- ἰχθύοςichthuosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: a fish
So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,
- ἰχθύοςichthuosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a fish
John
three uses
He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
- ἰχθύων.¶ichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fish
So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of fish
1 Corinthians
one use
Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
- ἰχθύωνichthuonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of fish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.