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v., Lawa for lawe, to take, and ia, fish. To catch fish, i.e., to exercise the calling of a fisherman, by understanding the places and times of the appearance of different kinds of fish and the art of taking them; in more modern time the word was applied also to the taking of birds. See lawaiamanu.

1. s., A fisherman; one skilled in catching fish, and whose occupation it is. Mat. 4:18.

2. A fishing; the business of taking fish. Ier. 16:16. NOTE.—The art of catching fish was anciently cultivated among Hawaiians to a great extent, and those who followed it as a business became very expert; but the introduction of cattle, goats, &c., has rendered fishing less necessary at present.

3. The cormorant, a bird that feeds on fish; an unclean bird. Oihk. 11:17.

1. n., A fisherman; one skilled in catching fish, and whose occupation it is.

2. n., A fishing: the business of taking fish. [Fishing was anciently practiced among Hawaiians to a great extent, and those who followed it as a business became very expert; but the introduction of cattle, goats, etc., has rendered fishing less necessary.]

3. n., The cormorant, a bird that feeds on fish; an unclean bird. [A word selected by the translators of the Scriptures.]

1. [Lawa for lawe, to take, and ia, fish.] To catch fish, that is, to exercise the calling of a fisherman, by understanding the places and times of the appearance of different kinds of fish and the art of taking them.

2. v., In later time the word was applied also to the taking of birds. See lawaiamanu.

I. Aole nui na inoa o na ia okoa i oleloia ma ka Baibala. Olelo mai o Mose, pono ke ai i na ia halo a me ka ia unahi no loko mai o ke kai a me ka loko a me ka muliwai; o na ia e ae, aole pono ke ai, Oihk. 11:9-12; Kan. 14:9, 10. Kaulana no ka Nile no ka maikai a me ka nui o kona ia, pela i ka wa kahiko, a pela i keia wa, Puk. 7:18-21; Nah. 11:5. Ma ka moanawai o Tiberia hoi he nui na ia, Luk. 5:5; Ioa. 21:6-11. Ua ai nui ia ka ia e na Iudaio, Mat. 7:10; ua loaa ma ke Kaiwaenakonua, Neh. 13:16, a maloko o Ioredane kekahi. Ua lawaia lakou me ka makau, Am. 4:2; me ke o, Iob. 41:7, me ka upena, Is. 19:8-10. O 'ka ia nui,' Iona 1:17, ka mea i ale iho ia Iona, he mano nui paha, he kohola paha. He ia nui, oia ke ano o ka olelo ma ka Hebera, a ma ka Helene hoi, Mat. 12:40. E nana KOHOLA. Olelo pinepine ia ka poe lawaia ma ka Baibala, a he poe lawaia ka nui o na lunaolelo. Hoolilo no Iesu ia lakou i 'mau lawaia kanaka,' Mat. 4:18-22.