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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 12 times in 12 verses in 'Pro' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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 BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
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