A long fishing net with floats on top and weights on the bottom, used to trap fish by drawing it together from boats or shore.
About Dragnet
The dragnet was a long net hanging vertically in the water with floats at the upper edge and weights at the lower edge.
Key References
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
All Scripture References (10)
Ecclesiastes (1)
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Ezekiel (4)
She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,
I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
Micah (1)
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Habakkuk (3)
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
Matthew (1)
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.