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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - “know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - The net takes him by the heel,
And a snare lays hold of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - Therefore snares are all around you,
And sudden fear troubles you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - So he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
Shall be the portion of their cup.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 - Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will see them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[fn]
And from the perilous pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;[fn]
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly set a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Till an arrow struck his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it would cost his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will come through trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - Getting treasures by a lying tongue
Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - By transgression an evil man is snared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - He will be as a sanctuary,
But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be caught in the snare;
For the windows from on high are open,
And the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people robbed and plundered;
All of them are snared in holes,
And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let a cry be heard from their houses,
When You bring a troop suddenly upon them;
For they have dug a pit to take me,
And hidden snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.
For upon Moab, upon it I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - But I will put hooks in your jaws,
And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - “Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For yours is the judgment,
Because you have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a fowler’s[fn] snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
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