Lexical Summary pagis: a trap, snare Original Word: παγίςTransliteration: pagis Phonetic Spelling: (pag-ece') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a trap, snare Meaning: a trap, snare Strong's Concordance snare. From pegnumi; a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation) -- snare. see GREEK pegnumi Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 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 |
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