Word Summary
ankistron: a fishhook
Original Word: ἄγκιστρονTransliteration: ankistron
Phonetic Spelling: (ang'-kis-tron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a fishhook
Meaning: a fishhook
Strong's Concordance
hook.
From the same as agkale; a hook (as bent) -- hook.
see GREEK agkale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 44: ἄγκιστρονἄγκιστρον, ,
τό (from an unused
ἀγκίζω to angle (see the preceding word)),
a fish-hook:
Matthew 17:27.