KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mend, meaning to repair or restore.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 4:21
Complete exact-word concordance
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
And going on from thence, hee sawe other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
And when hee had gone a little further thence, hee saw Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Both Gospel claims directly attach mending to fishing nets.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
