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Lexicon :: Strong's G3803 - pagis

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παγίς
Transliteration
pagis (Key)
Pronunciation
pag-ece'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:593,752

Strong’s Definitions

παγίς pagís, pag-ece'; from G4078; a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or stratagem (temptation):—snare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3803 in the following manner: snare (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3803 in the following manner: snare (5x).

  1. snare, trap, noose

    1. of snares in which birds are entangled and caught

      1. implies unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares

    2. a snare, i.e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction

      1. of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril

      2. of the allurements and seductions of sin

      3. the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound

      4. the snares of love

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παγίς pagís, pag-ece'; from G4078; a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or stratagem (temptation):—snare.
STRONGS G3803:
παγίς, παγίδος, ἡ (from πήγνυμι to make fast, 2 aorist ἐπαγον; properly, that which holds fast (cf. Anth. Pal. C, 5)), the Sept. for פַּח, רֶשֶׁת, מוקֵשׁ, etc.; a snare, trap, noose;
a. properly, of snares in which birds are entangled and caught, Proverbs 6:5; Proverbs 7:23; Psalm 90:3 (Ps. 91:3); Psalm 123:7 (Ps. 124:7); παγίδας ἱσταναι, Aristophanes av. 527; hence, ὡς παγίς, as a snare, i. e. unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares, Luke 21:35.
b. tropically, a snare, i. e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction: of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril, Romans 11:9 from Psalm 68:23 (Ps. 69:23); of the allurements and seductions of sin, ἐμπίπτειν εἰς πειρασμόν καί παγίδα, 1 Timothy 6:9 (ἐμπίπτει εἰς παγίδα ἁμαρτωλός, Proverbs 12:13, cf. Proverbs 29:6; joined with σκάνδαλον, Wis. 14:11); τοῦ διαβόλου, the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound, 2 Timothy 2:26; 1 Timothy 3:7. (In Greek writings also of the snares of love.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
68:23; 69:23; 90:3; 91:3; 124:7
Proverbs
6:5; 7:23; 12:13; 29:6
Luke
21:35
Romans
11:9
1 Timothy
3:7; 6:9
2 Timothy
2:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3803 matches the Greek παγίς (pagis),
which occurs 51 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling-blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - (LXX 9:16) The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - (LXX 9:31) He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - (LXX 10:6) He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - (LXX 17:6) The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - (LXX 24:15) Mine eyes are continually to the Lord; for he shall draw my feet out of the snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 - (LXX 30:5) Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - (LXX 34:7) For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - (LXX 34:8) Let a snare which they know not come upon them: and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - (LXX 56:7) They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - (LXX 63:6) They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - (LXX 65:11) Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - (LXX 68:23) [fn] Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompence, and for a stumbling-block.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - (LXX 90:3) For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from every troublesome matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - (LXX 118:110) Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - (LXX 123:7) Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - (LXX 139:6) The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - (LXX 140:9) Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - (LXX 141:4) When my spirit was fainting within me, then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snares; but a righteous man escapes from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - A great snare is spread for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against [fn] a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall come to pass, that he that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the pit shall be caught by the snare: for windows have been opened in heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for there is a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - (LXX 31:43) A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - (LXX 31:44) He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy river to stick to thy sides, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy river:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The watchman of Ephraim was with God: the prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?
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