Lexical Summary sagēnē: a dragnet Original Word: σαγήνηTransliteration: sagēnē Phonetic Spelling: (sag-ay'-nay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a dragnet Meaning: a dragnet Strong's Concordance net. From a derivative of satto (to equip) meaning furniture, especially a pack-saddle (which in the East is merely a bag of netted rope); a "seine" for fishing -- net. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4522: σαγήνησαγήνη, σαγηνης, ἡ (σάσσω to load, fill), a large fishing-net, a drag-net (Vulg.sagena (cf. English seine)), used in catching fish that swim in shoals (cf. B. D., under the word |
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