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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In early Christian and ecclesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for
fish , which combined the initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
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- noun An
ichthys
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Examples
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Thus, the ichthus was a symbol indicating “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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Thus, the ichthus was a symbol indicating “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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Thus, the ichthus was a symbol indicating “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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Thus, the ichthus was a symbol indicating “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.”
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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The Greek initials for Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior, spell out the word fish in Greek ichthus, and the fish is the oldest Christian symbol of Christ, used by the persecuted early Christians to identify themselves as believers.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The Greek initials for Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior, spell out the word fish in Greek ichthus, and the fish is the oldest Christian symbol of Christ, used by the persecuted early Christians to identify themselves as believers.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The Greek word for fish is ichthus pronounced, ik-thoos.
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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The Greek word for fish is ichthus pronounced, ik-thoos.
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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The Greek word for fish is ichthus pronounced, ik-thoos.
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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The Greek word for fish is ichthus pronounced, ik-thoos.
101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007
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