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Fish-hooks

Were used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job. 41:1, 2; Matt. 17:27).

Passages cited in this entry

Amos 4:2 · Isaiah 37:29 · Jeremiah 16:16 · Ezekiel 29:4 · Job 41:1 · Matthew 17:27

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.