Fisher
Fisher
(, davvag’, Jer 16:16 [marg.]; Eze 47:10; or , dayyag’, Isa 19:8; Jer 16:16 [text]; Gr. , seaman or sailor, hence fisherman, as rendered Luk 5:2), a term used, besides its literal import [SEE FISHING, above], in the phrase “fishers of men” (Mat 19:1; Mark i, 17), as applied by our Saviour to the apostles (q.v.) in calling them to their office; and in a like typical manner, but in an unfavorable sense, the word occurs Jer 16:16. The application of the figure is obvious (see Wemyss, Symbolical Dict. s.v.). On the “fisher’s coat” (, Joh 21:7), SEE COAT.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Fisher
Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).