Lexicon pagis: a trap, snare Original Word: παγίς, ίδος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pagis Phonetic Spelling: (pag-ece') Short Definition: a snare, trap Definition: a snare, trap (especially for catching birds) hence, met: stratagem, device, wile. HELPS word-Studies 3803 pagís (from 4078 /pḗgnymi, "set a trap") – properly, a trap set for animals; (figuratively) a moral snare that robs someone of their spiritual liberties (the Lord wishes to give). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pégnumiDefinitiona trap, snare NASB Translationsnare (4), trap (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3803: παγίςπαγίς, 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 (); Psalm 123:7 (); 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 (); 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.)
Strong's snare. From pegnumi; a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation) -- snare. see GREEK pegnumi |
