Opsarion denotes fish as food, whether caught, prepared on a fire, or distributed with bread.

The attested use refers consistently to fish in food-related settings: a boy's supply, fish distributed with loaves, fish on a charcoal fire, and fish brought from a catch.

1. Fish as food or a catch · dominant

   The plural forms identify the boy's two fish and the fish distributed alongside loaves in John 6:9 and John 6:11; the APB renders these clauses with “two fish” and “the fish.” In John 21:9 and John 21:13, the singular accusative form occurs with fish on a charcoal fire and fish given with bread, while the genitive plural in John 21:10 refers to fish just caught.

   John 6:9John 6:11John 21:9John 21:10John 21:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “fish,” in contexts of catching, preparing, and distributing food. This rendering is confirmed by the surrounding clauses rather than treated as a precise lexical mapping.