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Lexicon :: Strong's G3803 - pagis

Aa
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 - know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 -
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walketh upon the toils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -
A gin shall take him by the heel,
And a snare shall lay hold on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:10 -
Therefore snares are round about thee,
And sudden fear troubleth thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 -
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -
He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -
The cords of Sheol were round about me;
The snares of death came upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:15 -
Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah;
For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 -
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me;
For thou art my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 -
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit;
Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -
Let destruction come upon him unawares;
And let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
With destruction let him fall therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -
They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down:
They have digged a pit before me;
They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 -
They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;
They commune of laying snares privily;
They say, Who will see them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -
Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 -
Let their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 -
For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 -
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set gins for me.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 -
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 -
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
Thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walk
Have they hidden a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 -
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 -
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 -
Till an arrow strike through his liver;
As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 -
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor;
But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

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In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man;
But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

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The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

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The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

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It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 -
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare;
But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:17 - Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:43 - Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
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