Noun diktyon (net) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

4: 20Immediately they left their nets (diktyon) and followed him.
4: 21As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets (diktyon), and he called them.

Mark

1: 18And immediately they left their nets (diktyon) and followed him.
1: 19As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets (diktyon).

Luke

5: 2he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets (diktyon).
5: 4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets (diktyon) for a catch."
5: 5Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets (diktyon)."
5: 6When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets (diktyon) were beginning to break.

John

21: 6He said to them, "Cast the net (diktyon) to the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish.
21: 8But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net (diktyon) full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
21: 11So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net (diktyon) ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net (diktyon) was not torn.