Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3803 - pagis

Choose a new font size and typeface
παγίς
Transliteration
pagis (Key)
Pronunciation
pag-ece'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

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 off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - “A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - “Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies you,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - He [fn]crouches, he [fn]bows down,
And the [fn]unfortunate fall [fn]by his mighty ones.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - Upon the wicked He will rain [fn]snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords of [fn]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - My eyes are continually toward the LORD,
For He will [fn]pluck my feet out of the net.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:4

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a [fn]pit for my soul.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have [fn]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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

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?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:110

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

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 iniquity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit [fn]was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:2

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,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - [fn]An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The [fn]teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The [fn]fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
That one may avoid the snares of death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the [fn]pursuit of death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror and pit and snare
[fn]Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Then it will be that he who flees the [fn]report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people plundered and despoiled;
All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:22

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - “Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

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 shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - “I will put hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your [fn]rivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your [fn]rivers,
And all the fish of your [fn]rivers will cling to your scales.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

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?
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan