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Strong's G2486 ἰχθύς (ichthys)

Ichthys means “fish” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2486 — chalilah (“be far”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2486
Language Greek
Linked Usages 52
Books 21

Strong's G2486 Quick Answer

Strong's G2486 ἰχθύς (ichthus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ichthus (ikh-thoos') n. 1. a fish [of uncertain affinity] It has 52 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include fishes and fish. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ichthus (ikh-thoos') n. 1. a fish [of uncertain affinity]
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
fishes and fish

Meaning and Definition

ichthus (ikh-thoos') n. 1. a fish [of uncertain affinity] KJV: fish

Original Word
ἰχθύς
Transliteration
ichthus
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2486. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2486 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ichthus, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

fishes Matthew 14:17 14× fish Matthew 7:10

How Strong's G2486 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2486 (ἰχθύς) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2486 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2486 in the New Testament

18 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:10 KJV

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Matthew 14:17 KJV

And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

Matthew 14:19 KJV

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Strong's G2486 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

Genesis 9:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.

Strong's G2486 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 6:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.

Tobit 6:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.

Tobit 6:4 Septuagint / Brenton

To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.

Strong's G2486 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 101:7 Septuagint / Brenton

High, and has He not set limits to its doings, and confined it throughout by the sand ? And at His reproof it is afraid and dries up, and all its fish die and all that is in it; But ye sinners that are

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2486.

Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
Exodus 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.
Exodus 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
Numbers 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.
Deuteronomy 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the likeness of any reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under the earth;
3 Kingdoms 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
Nehemiah 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Job 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: And the fish of the sea shall explain to thee.
Psalms 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, The creatures passing through the paths of the sea.
Psalms 104:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
Ecclesiastes 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For surely man also knows not his time: As fish that are taken in an evil net, And as birds that are caught in a snare; Even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.
Isaiah 50:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why did I come, and there was no man? why did I call, and there was none to hearken? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver? behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness; and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.
Ezekiel 29:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy river to stick to thy sides, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy river:
Ezekiel 29:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will quickly cast down thee and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall on the face of the plain, and shalt by no means be gathered, and shalt not be brought together: I have given thee for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky.
Ezekiel 38:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.
Ezekiel 47:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, that every animal of living and moving creatures, all on which the river shall come, shall live: and there shall be there very many fish; for this water shall go thither, and it shall heal them, and they shall live: everything on which the river shall come shall live.
Ezekiel 47:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And fishers shall stand there from Engedi to Eneglaim; it shall be a place to spread out nets upon; it shall be distinct; and the fish thereof shall be as the fish of the great sea, a very great multitude.
Hosea 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
Habakkuk 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wilt thou make men as the fish of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
Zephaniah 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fish of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
Matthew 7:10 New Testament, KJV
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Matthew 14:17 New Testament, KJV
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Matthew 14:19 New Testament, KJV
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 15:36 New Testament, KJV
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 17:27 New Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Mark 6:38 New Testament, KJV
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark 6:41 New Testament, KJV
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Mark 6:43 New Testament, KJV
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
Luke 5:6 New Testament, KJV
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luke 5:9 New Testament, KJV
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
Luke 9:13 New Testament, KJV
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Luke 9:16 New Testament, KJV
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Luke 11:11 New Testament, KJV
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 24:42 New Testament, KJV
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
John 21:6 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
John 21:8 New Testament, KJV
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
John 21:11 New Testament, KJV
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
1 Corinthians 15:39 New Testament, KJV
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Tobit 6:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
Tobit 6:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
Tobit 6:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.
Tobit 6:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana.
Tobit 6:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.
Tobit 6:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.
Tobit 6:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and the devil shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again anymore: but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you, and pray to God which is merciful, who will have pity on you, and save you: fear not, for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning; and thou shalt preserve her, and she shall go with thee. Moreover I suppose that she shall bear thee children. Now when Tobias had heard these things, he loved her, and his heart was effectually joined to her. And he came to Ecbatana.
Tobit 8:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the perfumes, and put the heart and the liver of the fish thereupon, and made a smoke therewith.
Tobit 8:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The which smell when the evil spirit had smelled, he fled into the utmost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.
Tobit 11:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore anoint thou his eyes with the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall see thee.
Tobit 11:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his father’s eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
1 Enoch 101:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
High, and has He not set limits to its doings, and confined it throughout by the sand ? And at His reproof it is afraid and dries up, and all its fish die and all that is in it; But ye sinners that are

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2486, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2486 FAQ

What does ichthys (ἰχθύς) mean?

Ichthys (Strong's G2486) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fish". ichthus (ikh-thoos') n. 1. a fish [of uncertain affinity]

How many times is ichthys (ἰχθύς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's G2486 across 21 books.

Where can I study ichthys (ἰχθύς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2486 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ichthys (ἰχθύς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fishes and fish. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2486 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2486, with linked reader references where each row is available.