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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3795. ὀψάριον (opsarion) -- Fish, small fish</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3795.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/22-19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3795.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3795</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3794.htm" title="3794">◄</a> 3795. opsarion <a href="../greek/3796.htm" title="3796">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">opsarion: Fish, small fish</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὀψάριον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>opsarion<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>op-sar'-ee-on<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(op-sar'-ee-on)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Fish, small fish<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a little fish.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Diminutive form of ὄψον (opson), meaning "cooked food" or "relish."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "opsarion," the concept of fish as food is present in the Old Testament, such as in the Hebrew word דָּג (dag), meaning "fish."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "opsarion" refers to a small fish or a piece of fish, often used in the context of a meal. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the fish that Jesus provided or ate with His disciples.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, fish was a common part of the diet, especially for those living near the Sea of Galilee and other bodies of water. Fish was often dried or salted for preservation. The use of "opsarion" in the New Testament reflects the everyday life and sustenance of people in that era, highlighting the simplicity and humility of Jesus' ministry and His connection with the common people.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>dim. of opson (cooked food)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>fish<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fish (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3795: ὀψάριον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὀψάριον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὀψαριου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (diminutive from <span class="greek2">ὄψον</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 630) i. e. whatever is eaten with bread, especially food boiled or roasted; hence, specifically), <span class="accented">fish</span>: <a href="/interlinear/john/6-9.htm">John 6:9, 11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/21-9.htm">John 21:9f, 13</a>. (Comicus <span class="abbreviation">Philemon</span> (<DATE_RANGE:330 B.C.>) quoted in <span class="abbreviation">Athen.</span> 9, c. 35, p. 385 e.; <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Geoponica</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> on <a href="/interlinear/john/6-9.htm">John 6:9</a>); see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">γυναικάριον</span></span>, at the end (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 23 (22)).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>fish. <p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of <a href="/greek/3702.htm">optos</a>; a relish to other food (as if cooked sauce), i.e. (specially), fish (presumably salted and dried as a condiment) -- fish. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3702.htm">optos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οψαρια οψάρια ὀψάρια οψαριον οψάριον ὀψάριον οψαριων οψαρίων ὀψαρίων opsaria opsária opsarion opsariōn opsaríon opsaríōn opsárion<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/john/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ δύο <b>ὀψάρια</b> ἀλλὰ ταῦτα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and two <span class="itali">fish,</span> but what<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and two <span class="itali">small fishes:</span> but what<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and two <span class="itali">small fish</span> but these<p><b><a href="/text/john/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 6:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ τῶν <b>ὀψαρίων</b> ὅσον ἤθελον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> also <span class="itali">of the fish</span> as much<br><a href="/kjvs/john/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of <span class="itali">the fishes</span> as much as<br><a href="/interlinear/john/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the <span class="itali">fish</span> as much as they wished<p><b><a href="/text/john/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 21:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κειμένην καὶ <b>ὀψάριον</b> ἐπικείμενον καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [already] laid <span class="itali">and fish</span> placed<br><a href="/kjvs/john/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there, and <span class="itali">fish</span> laid<br><a href="/interlinear/john/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lying and <span class="itali">fish</span> lying on [it] and<p><b><a href="/text/john/21-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 21:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ τῶν <b>ὀψαρίων</b> ὧν ἐπιάσατε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> some <span class="itali">of the fish</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/john/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Bring of <span class="itali">the fish</span> which ye have<br><a href="/interlinear/john/21-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the <span class="itali">fish</span> which you took<p><b><a href="/text/john/21-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 21:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὸ <b>ὀψάριον</b> ὁμοίως </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and gave <span class="itali">[it] to them, and the fish</span> likewise.<br><a href="/kjvs/john/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them, and <span class="itali">fish</span> likewise.<br><a href="/interlinear/john/21-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">fish</span> likewise<p><b><a href="/greek/3795.htm">Strong's Greek 3795</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3795.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/opsaria_3795.htm">ὀψάρια — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/opsario_n_3795.htm">ὀψαρίων — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/opsarion_3795.htm">ὀψάριον — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3794.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3794"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3794" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3796.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3796"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3796" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>