דָּג (dag)
dag
Fish (Gate)
H:N-MQuick Reference
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Occurrences
- 12 verses
- Root
- —
- Part of speech
- H:N-M
Definition
Definition
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
What This Word Means for Your Faith
The Hebrew word dag simply means fish. In the Old Testament, it appears in two distinct ways: as part of creation’s abundance and as a specific location within Jerusalem. When used for the animal, it highlights God’s provision for all living creatures. The gate reference points to a real place where daily life and trade happened.
For your faith, this word reminds you that God cares about both the natural world and the details of human community. Whether you are thinking about stewardship of creation or the rhythms of city life, dag shows that nothing is too small for God’s notice. It invites you to see the sacred in the ordinary.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 12 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- [the] fish of4×
- the/ fish3×
- the/ fish<es>1×
- like/ [the] fish of1×
- like <the>/ fish<es>1×
- fish1×
- and/ [the] fish<es> of1×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- דְּגֵ֥י3×
- הַ/דָּגִ֔ים2×
- כַּ/דָּגִים֙1×
- כִּ/דְגֵ֣י1×
- וּ/דְגֵ֣י1×
- הַ/דָּגִים֙1×
- הַ/דָּגִ֗ים1×
- דָּ֖אג1×
- דְּגֵ֣י1×
Key Verses
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Genesis 9:2
The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
This verse places fish under human care after the flood, showing their role in the restored order of creation.
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Nehemiah 3:3
The sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
Here the word names a specific gate rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah, grounding the term in Jerusalem’s physical history.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
Solomon uses fish caught in a net as a metaphor for how sudden events can trap people unexpectedly.