Lexical Summary amphiblēstron: to throw around Original Word: ἀμφίβληστρονTransliteration: amphiblēstron Phonetic Spelling: (am-fib'-lace-tron) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: to throw around Meaning: to throw around Strong's Concordance net. From a compound of the base of amphoteros and ballo; a (fishing) net (as thrown about the fish) -- net. see GREEK amphoteros see GREEK ballo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 293: ἀμφίβληστρονἀμφίβληστρον, , τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as chains, a garment; specifically, a net for fishing (casting-net): Mark 1:16 R G L; Matthew 4:18. (the Sept.; Hesiod scut. 215; Herodotus 1, 141; Athen. 10, 72, p. 450.) (Synonym: see δίκτυον, and cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word |