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From Easton: Nail - in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isaiah 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matthew 13:47, Matthew 13:48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be See n (Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9).

The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Psalms 69:22; Job 18:9; Ecclesiastes 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Psalms 18:5; Psalms 116:3; Psalms 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 5:27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.

Verses:

• Job 18:8
• Job 19:6
• Psalms 9:15
• Psalms 10:9
• Psalms 31:4
• Psalms 35:7
• Psalms 35:8
• Psalms 57:6
• Psalms 66:11
• Psalms 124:7
• Psalms 140:5
• Psalms 141:10
• Proverbs 1:17
• Proverbs 29:5
• Ecclesiastes 7:26
• Ecclesiastes 9:12
• Isaiah 19:8
• Isaiah 51:20
• Lamentations 1:13
• Ezekiel 12:13
• Ezekiel 17:20
• Ezekiel 19:8
• Ezekiel 26:5
• Ezekiel 26:14
• Ezekiel 32:3
• Ezekiel 47:10
• Hosea 5:1
• Hosea 7:12
• Micah 7:2
• Habakkuk 1:15
• Habakkuk 1:16
• Habakkuk 1:17
• Matthew 4:18
• Matthew 4:20
• Matthew 4:21
• Matthew 13:47
• Mark 1:16
• Mark 1:18
• Mark 1:19
• Luke 5:2
• Luke 5:4
• Luke 5:5
• Luke 5:6
• John 21:6
• John 21:8
• John 21:11