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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40119" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40119" /> == | ||
<p> (דִּוָּג, ''Davvag','' Jeremiah 16:16 [marg.]; Ezekiel 47:10; or דִּיָּג, ''Dayyag','' Isaiah 19:8; Jeremiah 16:16 [text]; Gr. | <p> ( '''''דִּוָּג''''' , ''Davvag','' Jeremiah 16:16 [marg.]; Ezekiel 47:10; or '''''דִּיָּג''''' , ''Dayyag','' Isaiah 19:8; Jeremiah 16:16 [text]; Gr. '''''Ἁλιεύς''''' , ''Seaman'' or sailor, hence fisherman, as rendered Luke 5:2), a term used, besides its literal import [(See [[Fishing]]), above], in the phrase "fishers of men" ( Matthew 19:1; Mark i, 17), as applied by our [[Saviour]] to the apostles (q.v.) in calling them to their office; and in a like typical manner, but in an unfavorable sense, the word occurs Jeremiah 16:16. The application of the figure is obvious (see Wemyss, ''Symbolical Dict.'' s.v.). On the "fisher's coat" ( '''''Ἐπενδύτης''''' , John 21:7), (See [[Coat]]). </p> | ||
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