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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 the LORD your God will not continue to [fn]drive these nations out 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 this good land which the LORD 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 webbing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

“A snare seizes him by the heel,

And a trap snaps shut on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 -

“Therefore traps surround you,

And sudden dread terrifies you,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 -

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -

Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;

And [fn]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 -

He will rain [fn]coals of fire upon the wicked,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The ropes of [fn]Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 -

My eyes are continually toward the LORD,

For He will [fn]rescue my feet from the net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 -

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

For You are my strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 -

For they hid their net for me without cause;

Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction come upon him when he is unaware,

And let the net which he hid catch him;

Let him fall into that very destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They have prepared 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 make firm for themselves an evil [fn]purpose;

They [fn]talk of setting snares secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -

You brought us into the net;

You laid an oppressive burden upon [fn]us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 -

May their table before them become a snare;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 -

For it is He who rescues you from the net of the trapper

And from the deadly plague.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 -

The wicked have set a [fn]trap for me,

Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 -

Our souls have escaped like a bird from the trapper’s snare;

The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

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

They have spread a net at 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 those who do wrong.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 -

When my spirit felt weak 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 ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Or caught by the words of your mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 -

Save 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 hurries to the snare,

So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 -

With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor,

But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 -

[fn]An evil person is ensnared by the offense of his lips,

But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

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

To turn aside from the snares of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

[fn]The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

By which one may avoid 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 person to say carelessly, “It is holy!”

And after the vows to make inquiry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue

Is a fleeting vapor, the [fn]pursuit of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 -

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;

One who guards himself will be far from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 -

By wrongdoing an evil person is ensnared,

But the righteous sings and rejoices.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For indeed, a person does not know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and birds caught in a snare, so the sons of mankind are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He will become a sanctuary;

But to both houses of Israel, He will be a stone of stumbling and a rock [fn]of offense,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 -

Terror and pit and snare

[fn]Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,

And the one who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 -

But this is a people plundered and pillaged;

All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,

Or are hidden away in prisons;

They have become plunder, with no one to save them,

And spoils with no one to say, “Give them back!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked people are found among My people,

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a trap,

They catch people.

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 a cry 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 -

“Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you,

Inhabitant of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the terror

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught in the snare;

For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 -

“I will put hooks in your jaws

And make the fish of your [fn]canals cling to your scales.

And I will bring you up out of the midst of your [fn]canals,

And all the fish of your [fn]canals will cling to your scales.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 -

Hear this, you priests!

Pay attention, house of Israel!

Listen, you of the house of the king!

For the judgment applies to you,

Because you have been a trap 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 [fn]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]device in it?

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

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