King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3795
Transliteration: opsarion
Phonetic Spelling: (op-sar'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: fish
Meaning: fish
ὀψάριον, ὀψαριου, τό (diminutive from ὄψον (cf. Curtius, § 630) i. e. whatever is eaten with bread, especially food boiled or roasted; hence, specifically), fish: John 6:9, 11; John 21:9f, 13. (Comicus Philemon () quoted in Athen. 9, c. 35, p. 385 e.; Lucian, Geoponica (cf. Wetstein on John 6:9); see γυναικάριον, at the end (Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)).)
Word Summary
opsarion: fish
Original Word: ὀψάριονTransliteration: opsarion
Phonetic Spelling: (op-sar'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: fish
Meaning: fish
Strong's Concordance
fish. Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of optos; a relish to other food (as if cooked sauce), i.e. (specially), fish (presumably salted and dried as a condiment) -- fish.
see GREEK optos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3795: ὀψάριονὀψάριον, ὀψαριου, τό (diminutive from ὄψον (cf. Curtius, § 630) i. e. whatever is eaten with bread, especially food boiled or roasted; hence, specifically), fish: John 6:9, 11; John 21:9f, 13. (Comicus Philemon (