Dict: easton - Net

easton:

Net @ in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians kjv@Isaiah:19:8). There were three kinds of nets.

(1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require kjv@Matthew:13:47-48).

(2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen kjv@Matthew:4:18; kjv@Mark:1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent."

(3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water kjv@Luke:5:4-9). The fowling-nets were

(1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch kjv@Amos:3:5, "gin;" kjv@Psalms:69:22; kjv@Job:18:9; kjv@Ecclesiastes:9:12).

(2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg kjv@Job:18:10; kjv@Psalms:18:5 kjv@Psalms:116:3 kjv@Psalms:140:5 ).

(3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys kjv@Jeremiah:5:26-27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.