The word in Scripture

Fish in the Bible

The word fish appears 36 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Fish were the daily catch and a sign of the harvest of people. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What fish means in the Bible

Fish were the daily catch and a sign of the harvest of people.

Where the word fish appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word fish appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:”Deuteronomy 4:18

“The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.”Psalms 8:8

“He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.”Psalms 105:29

“And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.”Isaiah 19:10

“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”Matthew 7:10

“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”Luke 11:11

“And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.”Luke 24:42

“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.”John 21:9