ἀμφίβληστρον

ἀμφίβληστρον — amphíblēstron

ἀμφίβληστρον,, τό (ἀμφιβάλλω), in Greek writings anything thrown around one to impede his motion, as chains, a garment; specifically, a net for fishing (casting-net): Mar 1:16 R G L; Mat 4:18. (the Sept.; Hesiod scut. 215; Herodotus 1, 141; Athen. 10, 72, p. 450.) (Synonym: see δίκτυον, and cf. Trench, § lxiv.; B. D. under the word.)