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Webster 1913 Edition

(ĭk′thŭs)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἰχθύς

In early Christian and ecclesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words

Ιησοῦς

Χριστός

Θεοῦ Γιόσ

Σωτήρ

, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.