Opsarion ὀψάριον

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Opsarion
ὀψάριον
Transliterationopsarion
Strong's numberG3795
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glossfish
Occurrences5 in 5 verses

Opsarion (Greek ὀψάριον, Strong's G3795) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “fish”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὀψάριον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of ὄψον, (1) cooked meat; (2) a relish or dainty, esp. fish, cf. MGr. τὸ ψάρι, fish; in comic poets and late prose writers only) [in LXX: Tob.2:2 א (Β, ὄψον)* ;]
fish: Jhn.6:9, 11 21:9-10, 13 †
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfish (3), fishes (2)
BSBfish (4), small fish (1)

Verses

Every verse with Opsarion, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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