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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, (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know with certainty that Yahweh your God will not continue to dispossess these nations from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 -

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,

And he steps on the netting.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

“A snare seizes him by the heel,

And a device snaps shut on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 -

“Therefore snares surround you,

And sudden dread terrifies you,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 -

Teth

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;

In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

He [fn]crouches, he [fn]bows down,

And the [fn]unfortunate fall [fn]by his mighty ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 -

May He rain [fn]snares upon the wicked;

Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 -

Ayin

My eyes are continually toward Yahweh,

For He will bring my feet out of the net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 -

You will bring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

For You are my strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 -

For without cause they hid their net for me;

Without cause they dug a [fn]pit for my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,

And let the net, which he hid, catch him;

Let him fall into it in destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They have [fn]set a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down;

They dug a pit before me;

They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 -

They [fn]hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;

They [fn]talk of laying snares secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -

You brought us into the net;

You established an oppressive burden upon our loins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 -

May their table before them become a snare;

And [fn]when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 -

For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper

And from the destructive pestilence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 -

The wicked have laid a snare for me,

Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 -

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;

The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the [fn]wayside;

They have set snares for me. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 -

Keep me from the [fn]jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of workers of iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 -

When my spirit [fn]was faint within me,

You knew my path.

In the way where I walk

They have hidden a trap for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 -

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,

Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 -

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand

And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 -

Until an arrow pierces through his liver;

As a bird hastens to the snare,

And he does not know that it will cost him his [fn]soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 -

With his mouth the godless man corrupts his neighbor,

But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 -

The snare of an evil man is in the transgression of his lips,

But the righteous man will come out from distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

The [fn]instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

The [fn]fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 -

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,

And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -

It is a trap for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!”

And after the vows to make inquiry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -

Working for treasures by a lying tongue

Is a fleeting breath, by those who pursue death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 -

Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;

He who keeps his soul will be far from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 -

By transgression an evil man is ensnared,

But the righteous sings with joy and is glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish seized in an evil net and birds seized in a trap, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;

But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 -

Panic and pit and pitfall

Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,

And he who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the pitfall;

For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 -

But this is a people plundered and pillaged as spoil;

All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,

Or are hidden away in prisons;

They have become a plunder with none to deliver them,

And a spoil, with none to say, “Have them return!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked men are found among My people;

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a [fn]trap;

They catch men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 -

‘Like a cage full of birds,

So their houses are full of deceit;

Therefore they have become great and rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 -

May an outcry be heard from their houses,

When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;

For they have dug a pit to capture me

And hidden snares for my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 -

“Panic and pit and pitfall are coming upon you,

O inhabitant of Moab,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the panic

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught in the pitfall;

For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 -

“I will put hooks in your jaws

And make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.

And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,

And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 -

Hear this, O priests!

Give heed, O house of Israel!

Give ear, O house of the king!

For the judgment is for you,

For you have been a snare at Mizpah

And a net spread out on Tabor.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 -

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;

Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,

And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 -

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no [fn]bait in it?

Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?

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