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Nets were essential tools for fishermen, and their use is frequently mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. The net-work, or the act of casting and drawing in nets, serves as a powerful metaphor for spiritual truths and divine calling. Old Testament References The use of nets in the Old Testament is often literal, describing the tools used by fishermen. For example, in <a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Habakkuk 1:15</a>, the prophet speaks of the Chaldeans, saying, "The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook; they catch them in their net and gather them in their dragnet. So they rejoice and are glad." Here, the net symbolizes the means by which the Chaldeans capture and subdue their enemies, illustrating the power and reach of their conquest. Nets are also mentioned in the context of traps and snares, symbolizing the dangers and temptations that can lead people away from righteousness. In <a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Proverbs 1:17</a>, it is written, "How futile it is to spread the net in the sight of any bird!" This proverb highlights the futility of setting traps for those who are aware and vigilant. New Testament References In the New Testament, the imagery of nets takes on a more spiritual dimension, particularly in the ministry of Jesus Christ. The calling of the first disciples is a significant event involving nets. In <a href="/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18-19</a>, Jesus encounters Simon Peter and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. He says to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." This call transforms the net from a tool for catching fish into a symbol of evangelism and the gathering of souls into the Kingdom of God. The miraculous catch of fish, as recorded in <a href="/luke/5-4.htm">Luke 5:4-6</a>, further emphasizes the divine power associated with the net-work. Jesus instructs Simon Peter to "Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch." Despite their previous unsuccessful efforts, they obey and enclose a great number of fish, causing their nets to begin breaking. This miracle demonstrates the abundance and blessing that come from obedience to Christ. In <a href="/john/21-6.htm">John 21:6</a>, after His resurrection, Jesus appears to His disciples and instructs them to cast the net on the right side of the boat. They do so and are unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. This event reaffirms the disciples' mission and the effectiveness of their work when guided by the Lord. Symbolic and Theological Significance The net-work in biblical literature serves as a metaphor for the Kingdom of God and the mission of the Church. Just as nets gather fish, the Gospel message is intended to gather people from all nations into the community of believers. The parable of the net in <a href="/matthew/13-47.htm">Matthew 13:47-48</a> illustrates this point: "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away." This parable underscores the inclusive nature of the Gospel and the eventual separation of the righteous from the wicked at the end of the age. The net-work, therefore, is not only a practical tool but also a profound symbol of divine judgment and grace. In summary, the concept of net-work in the Bible is rich with meaning, encompassing both the practical aspects of daily life in ancient times and the deeper spiritual truths of God's redemptive plan. Through the imagery of nets, Scripture communicates the call to discipleship, the power of obedience, and the ultimate gathering of believers into the eternal Kingdom.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7639.htm">7639. sebakah -- latticework, network</a> ... sabak; a net-work, ie (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar -- checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath ... /hebrew/7639.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2355.htm">2355. chor -- network</a> ... chor. 2356 . network. Transliteration: chor Phonetic Spelling: (khore) Short Definition: network. ... network The same as chuwr; white linen -- network. ... /hebrew/2355.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7730.htm">7730. sobek -- a network (of boughs)</a> ... 7729, 7730. sobek. 7731 . a network (of boughs). Transliteration: sobek Phonetic Spelling: (so'-bek) Short Definition: branches. ... /hebrew/7730.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7568.htm">7568. resheth -- a net</a> ... Word Origin from yarash Definition a net NASB Word Usage net (20), network (2). net work. From yarash; a net (as catching animals) -- net(- work). ... /hebrew/7568.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm">4639. maaseh -- a deed, work</a> ... deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship ... /hebrew/4639.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5908.htm">5908. akkabish -- a spider</a> ... spider. Probably from an unused root in the literal sense of entangling; a spider (as weaving a network) -- spider. 5907, 5908. akkabish. 5909 . ... /hebrew/5908.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/achans_sin_israels_defeat.htm">Achan's Sin, Israel's Defeat</a> ... The site of Ai seems to have been satisfactorily identified on a small plateau among the intricate network of wild wadys and bare hills that rise behind Jericho ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/achans sin israels defeat.htm<a href="/library/chapin/humanity_in_the_city/discourse_vi_the_allies_of.htm">The Allies of the Tempter.</a> ... Neither can you estimate the mysterious attraction that plays all through this network of social relations, nor the energy of good or of evil with which it is ... /.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vi the allies of.htm<a href="/library/urbanus/the_extant_writings_of_asterius_urbanus/elucidation.htm">Elucidation.</a> ... have supposed that even the learning and ingenuity of Lightfoot could fish out of very dark waters such shining booty as fills the network about "Abercius of ... /.../urbanus/the extant writings of asterius urbanus/elucidation.htm<a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_2/chapter_iiithe_first_theban_empire.htm">The First Theban Empire</a> ... other two, passes the town of Shodu, and is then subdivided into numerous canals and ditches, whose ramifications appear on the map as a network resembling the ... /.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm<a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/iv_the_influence_of_tradition.htm">The Influence of Tradition.</a> ... to do is thwarted, counteracted, or destroyed by influences of this sort, and how weak and imitative souls are entangled in the network of traditional ... /.../percival/sermons at rugby/iv the influence of tradition.htm<a href="/library/taylor/a_retrospect/chapter_xi_with_the_rev.htm">With the Rev. William Burns</a> ... in southern KIANG-SU and north CHEH-KIANG, living in our boats, and following the course of the canals and rivers which here spread like a network over the ... //christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter xi with the rev.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/the_gospel_of_the_pentateuch/sermon_xvii_the_god_of.htm">The God of the Rain</a> ... humanly speaking, sure to be fertile, because always supplied with water, brought out of the Nile by dykes and channels which spread in a network over every ... /.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xvii the god of.htm<a href="/library/smith/the_life_of_william_carey/chapter_vii_calcutta_and_the.htm">Calcutta and the Mission Centres from Delhi to Amboyna</a> ... Under Danish passports, and often without them, missionary tours were made over Central Bengal, aided by its network of rivers. ... /.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter vii calcutta and the.htm<a href="/library/luther/first_principles_of_the_reformation/introductory_essays.htm">Introductory Essays</a> ... them the superstitions with which the original institutions of Christ had been overlaid, and thus releasing men's consciences from a vast network of ceremonial ... /.../luther/first principles of the reformation/introductory essays.htm<a href="/library/hodson/old_daniel/chapter_five_dialogue_between_a.htm">Dialogue Between a Gentleman and a Shepherd.</a> ... hand, which he laid upon his left shoulder; in his right hand he had a long switch, and under the armpit a bag, in a small net of hemp-cord network; the net ... //christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter five dialogue between a.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/n/network.htm">Network (19 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads. Int. ...NETWORK. ... /n/network.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/n/net-work.htm">Net-work (11 Occurrences)</a> Net-work. Network, Net-work. Networks . Multi-Version Concordance Net-work (11 Occurrences). ... (WBS YLT). Network, Net-work. Networks . Reference Bible. /n/net-work.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/a/apples.htm">Apples (11 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:18 And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the ... /a/apples.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/c/crowns.htm">Crowns (27 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:18 And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the ... /c/crowns.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/p/pomegranates.htm">Pomegranates (20 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so ... /p/pomegranates.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/cups.htm">Cups (28 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:41 The two pillars and the two cups of the crowns which were on the tops of the two pillars; and the network covering the two cups of the crowns on ... /c/cups.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/c/capitals.htm">Capitals (21 Occurrences)</a> ... for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover ... upon it; and the hight of one capital was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates ... /c/capitals.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/l/lines.htm">Lines (42 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:18 And he made ornaments of apples; and two lines of apples all round over the network, covering the crowns of the pillars, the two crowns in the ... /l/lines.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/g/grate.htm">Grate (6 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary A network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Exodus 27:4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... /g/grate.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/r/rows.htm">Rows (29 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Kings 7:18 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows around on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did ... /r/rows.htm - 15k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/New-English-Translation-NET.html">What is the New English Translation (NET)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/history-of-the-Bible.html">What is the history of the Bible in English? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/most-accurate-Bible-translation.html">What is the most accurate Bible translation? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Net-work (11 Occurrences)<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a> In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, (YLT)<a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a> and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. (YLT)<a href="/exodus/27-4.htm">Exodus 27:4</a> And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in its four corners. (WBS YLT)<a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Exodus 38:4</a> And he made for the altar a brazen grate of net-work under the compass of it beneath to the midst of it. (WBS YLT)<a href="/1_kings/7-17.htm">1 Kings 7:17</a> Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work 'are' for the chapiters that 'are' on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter. (YLT)<a href="/1_kings/7-18.htm">1 Kings 7:18</a> And he made the pillars, and two rows around upon the one net-work, to cover the capitals that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so he did for the other capital. (WBS YLT)<a href="/1_kings/7-20.htm">1 Kings 7:20</a> And the capitals upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the net-work: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows around upon the other capital. (WBS)<a href="/1_kings/7-42.htm">1 Kings 7:42</a> And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars; (Root in WBS)<a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Song of Songs 5:4</a> My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him. (YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/52-22.htm">Jeremiah 52:22</a> And a capital of brass was upon it; and the hight of one capital was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates upon the capitals around, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like to these. (WBS YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/52-23.htm">Jeremiah 52:23</a> And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the net-work were a hundred on all sides. (WBS YLT)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/n/net-work.htm">Net-work</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/n/network.htm">Network (19 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/globes.htm">Globes (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/decorating.htm">Decorating (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/capitals.htm">Capitals (21 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bowl-shaped.htm">Bowl-shaped (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bowls.htm">Bowls (47 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/sets.htm">Sets (80 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/rows.htm">Rows (29 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/pomegranates.htm">Pomegranates (20 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/chapiters.htm">Chapiters (15 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/pillars.htm">Pillars (132 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/net-work.htm">Net-work (11 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/net-works.htm">Net-works (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/tops.htm">Tops (37 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/cauls.htm">Cauls (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/s/shaped.htm">Shaped (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/headdress.htm">Headdress (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/h/head-dress.htm">Head-dress (22 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/net.htm">Net (91 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bowl.htm">Bowl (44 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/house.htm">House (20110 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/n/network.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Network"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Network" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/n/networks.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Networks"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Networks" /></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="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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>