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( ãִּåָּâ , davvag', Jer_16:16 [marg.]; Eze_47:10; or ãִּéָּâ , dayyag', Isa_19:8; Jer_16:16 [text]; Gr. ἁëéåýò , seaman or sailor, hence fisherman, as rendered Luk_5:2), a term used, besides its literal import [SEE FISHING, above], in the phrase "fishers of men" (Mat_19:1; Mark i, 17), as applied by our Saviour to the apostles (q.v.) in calling them to their office; and in a like typical manner, but in an unfavorable sense, the word occurs Jer_16:16. The application of the figure is obvious (see Wemyss, Symbolical Dict. s.v.). On the "fisher's coat" ( ἐðåíäýôçò , Joh_21:7), SEE COAT.