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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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FISH. The rapid multiplication offish finds recognition in the root-meaningof their Hebrew name, to increase. Seealso Gen. 48 : 16, margin.They are mentioned inthe first chapter of Gen-esis (vs. 20,26, 28) and inPs. 8 : 8 as one of thechief classes of livingcreatures, and as placedunder the dominion ofman. In the Law, Lev.11 : 9-12, distinction ofthem is made into cleanand unclean, according asthey have fins and scalesor are without them. Ofthe numerous species offish which inhabit thelakes and rivers of Pales-tine and the adjacent sea,Solomon possessed somknowledge, 1 Kgs. 4 : 33,but not a single varietyhas its name recorded inthe Bible. (The whale isnot a fish!) An aggravation of thefirst plague of Egypt wasthe destruction offish—animportant part of the food of the people. In the wil- Fishes of the Sea of Galilee. (After Tristram.) derness the Israelites mur- !• Chromis Nilotica. 2. Clavias Maciacanthus. 3. Labeobarbus Canis mured for the fish of their old homeNum. 11: 5. It was
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sad prophecy forEgypt that by the failing of her watersthe fishermen should mourn, and thatthey should be disappointed who makeponds and sluices for fish. Isa. 19 : 5-10 ;comp. Eze. 29:4-10. Most of the still and running watersof Palestine swarm with fish. Josephusfirst called attention to the similarityof the fish of the Sea of Galilee andthose of the Nile. Of those in the for-mer water Tristram says : the density this lake four of the disciples toiled asfishermen. Matt. 4:18-21. Referencesto the fish-gate, 2 Chr. 33 : 14, etc.,of Jei-usalem show that the city wasprobably supplied with a market forthis kind of food. The product of theMediterranean was doubtless then, asnow, brought from Joppa, the port ofJerusalem. The Phoenicians were es-pecially engaged in the capture andsale of fish, Eze. 26 : 5, 14; Neh. 13:16, and the Hebrew name, Zidon, sig-nifies fishing. 307 FIS FIT The fish was frequently worshippedfrom Egypt to Assyria and India. Deut.4 : 18. Dagon, the Philistine idol, 1Sa

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