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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.)
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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 Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know assuredly that the LORD your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, till you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - A trap seizes him by the heel, a snare lays hold of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 - Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 - My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 - take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge.

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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 pit for my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction on our loins;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their own table before them become a snare; let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit is faint, thou knowest my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 - With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

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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 keep far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Terror, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people robbed and plundered, they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with none to rescue, a spoil with none to say, "Restore!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - Like a basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - May a cry be heard from their houses, when thou bringest the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams which stick to your scales.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The prophet is the watchman of E'phraim, the people of my God, yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
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