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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 BoxJos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs 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 BoxJob 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 - Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it[fn]?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and[fn] a trap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person 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, turning a person from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - Evildoers are snared by their own sin, but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, “Send them back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - “Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim,[fn] yet snares await him on all his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?
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