fishes
| Root | ἰχθύς (ichthys) |
| Core Meanings | fish, sea-creature, edible fish |
| Semantic Range | literal fish; fish as food; metaphorical reference to people (e.g., "fishers of men"); symbolic use in early Christian identification |
| Conceptual Significance | In the Gospels, ἰχθύς is central in miracle narratives (feedings, post-resurrection meals) and in the calling of disciples as "fishers." The term later gained symbolic value through the acrostic ΙΧΘΥΣ ("Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior"), becoming an early Christian emblem. |
| Morphological Notes | Gr,N,,,,,AMP = Noun, Accusative, Masculine, Plural; second-declension masculine noun (ἰχθύς, -ύος), here in the accusative plural form ἰχθύας. |
| Rendering Rationale | The lemma ἰχθύς denotes a fish. The form ἰχθύας is accusative masculine plural (AMP), indicating multiple fish functioning as the direct object of a verb; the rendering "fishes" preserves the plural number explicitly in English while reflecting its role as the object in context. |
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