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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 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:34

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“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled[fn] from carousing,[fn] drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

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And David says,

Let their table become a snare and a trap,

a pitfall and a retribution to them.

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Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.

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But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

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