King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1729
Transliteration: dugah
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-gaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: fishing, fishery
Meaning: fishery, a hook for, fishing
Word Summary
dugah: fishing, fishery
Original Word: דוּגָהTransliteration: dugah
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-gaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: fishing, fishery
Meaning: fishery, a hook for, fishing
Strong's Concordance
fish hook Feminine from the same as davvag; properly, fishery, i.e. A hook for fishing -- fish (hook).
see HEBREW davvag
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1729. dugah
דּוּגָה noun feminine fishing, fishery, only in דּוּגָה בְּסִירוֺת וְנִשָּׂא Amos 4:2 ("" בְּצִנּוֺת) of ׳י, metaphor for dragging Israel captive (compare for practice referred to, in case of fish, Ezekiel 29:4 & Job 40:26 scornful summons to do it with crocodile, if possible ! see Herodii. 70 on mode of capturing crocodiles).