Snare
The word snare shows up in the Bible a number of times but it is translated from more than one word.
The Hebrew word pach חפ appears as snare 22 times but also, gin and plate twice each.[1] It can mean both a bird trap and an agent of calamity[2]
The primitive root of Pach is pachach חחפ which means snared as "to ensnare, trap".[3] It appears only in Isaiah 42:22 "But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [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."
A much different word mowqesh[4] שׁקומ is also translated "snare" some 20 times but also gin, trap, ensnared, snared.[5]
Its primitive root is yaqosh[6] שׁקי and appears as a form of snare some half dozen times.[7]
There is also naqash[8] שׁקנ appearing only a few times in the Bible.[9]
There is another word that appears as snare only once and that is sᵉbakah[10] הכבשׂ. While it appears some 15 times[11] in the Bible it normally is translated network having to do with lattice-work or a net and netting. It is from the word sabak [12] ךבשׂ which also appears only once in the Bible.[13]
We should also look at the word trap which we see instead of snare and once in Job 18:10 "The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way."
It is from malkodeth [14] תדכלמ which is from lakad [15] דכל meaning to to capture, take, seize.
And finally there is mashchiyth [16] תיחשׁמ which really is a complex word meaning ruin, destruction from the word shachath[17] תחשׁ meaning to destroy or corrupt.
And finally there is Romans 11:9 "And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:" Where the words trap and snare both appear when Paul is quoting from the David from the Old Testament.
The word we see as trap is thera [18] θήρα and is used in conjunction with the Greek term pagis παγίς meaning a snare, trap, noose as we will see below.
New Testament
In the New Testament we see pagis [19] παγίς appearing five times[20] meaning snare, trap, noose.
Another word is [21] appearing only in 1 Corinthians 7:35 "And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction."
== Footnotes ==
- ↑ Exodus 39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates <06341>, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. Numbers 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates <06341> for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares <06341> and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. Job 18:9 The gin <06341> shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. Job 22:10 Therefore snares <06341> are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; Psalms 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares <06341>, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare <06341> before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare <06341> of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. Psalms 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare <06341> for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Psalms 124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare <06341> of the fowlers: the snare <06341> is broken, and we are escaped. Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare <06341> for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares <06341> which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Psalms 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare <06341> for me. Proverbs 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare <06341>, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Proverbs 22:5 Thorns and snares <06341> are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Ecclesiastes 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 <06341>; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. Isaiah 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 <06341> and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare <06341>, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. Isaiah 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 <06341>: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. Jeremiah 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 <06341> for my feet. Jeremiah 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare <06341>, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 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 <06341>: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare <06341> on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Hosea 9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare <06341> of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. Amos 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare <06341> upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare <06341> from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
- ↑ 06341 ^חפ^ pach \@pakh\@ from 06351; n m; AV-snare 22, gin 2, plate 2, snares + 03027 1; 27 1) bird trap, trap, snare 1a) bird trap (literal) 1b) of calamities, plots, source or agent of calamity (fig.) 2) plate (of metal)
- ↑ 06351 ^חחפ^ pachach \@paw-khakh’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-snared 1; 1 1) (Hiphil) to ensnare, trap
- ↑ 04170 ^שׁקומ^ mowqesh \@mo-kashe’\@ or ^שׁקמ^ moqesh \@mo-kashe’\@ from 03369; n m; AV-snare 20, gin 3, trap 2, ensnared 1, snared 1; 27 1) bait, lure, snare
- ↑ Exodus 10:7 And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare <04170> unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? Exodus 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare <04170> unto thee. Exodus 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare <04170> in the midst of thee: Deuteronomy 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare <04170> unto thee. Joshua 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps <04170> unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. Judges 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare <04170> unto you. Judges 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare <04170> unto Gideon, and to his house. 1 Samuel 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare <04170> to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. 2 Samuel 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares <04170> of death prevented me; Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared <04170>. Job 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares <04170>. Psalms 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares <04170> of death prevented me. Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares <04170> privily; they say, Who shall see them? Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap <04170>. Psalms 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare <04170> unto them. Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins <04170> for me. Selah. Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins <04170> of the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared <04170> by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares <04170> of death. Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares <04170> of death. Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare <04170> of his soul. Proverbs 20:25 It is a snare <04170> to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. Proverbs 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare <04170> to thy soul. Proverbs 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare <04170>: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare <04170>: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Isaiah 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 <04170> to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Amos 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin <04170> is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
- ↑ 03369 ^שׁקי^ yaqosh \@yaw-koshe’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-snare 5, lay a snare 1, laid 1, fowlers 1; 8 1) to lure, entice, snare, lay a snare or lure, set a trap 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lay snares (fig. of devices of wicked) 1a2) fowlers (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be ensnared, be caught by a bait 1c) (Pual) to be entrapped
- ↑ Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared <03369> therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. Psalms 124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers <03369>: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid <03369> for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared <03369> with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Ecclesiastes 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; so are the sons of men snared <03369> in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. Isaiah 8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared <03369>, and be taken. Isaiah 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared <03369>, and taken. Jeremiah 50:24 I have laid a snare <03369> for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
- ↑ 05367 ^שׁקנ^ naqash \@naw-kash’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-lay a snare 2, snare 2, catch 1; 5 1) to knock, strike, bring down 1a) (Qal) to strike down 1b) (Niphal) to be thrust after, be impelled 1c) (Piel) to strike at, take aim at 1d) (Hithpael) to be struck 2) (CLBL) to ensnare 2a) (Qal) to ensnare 2b) (Niphal) to be ensnared 2c) (Piel) to lay snares 2d) (Hithpael) to lay snares
- ↑ Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared <05367> by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 1 Samuel 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare <05367> for my life, to cause me to die? Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared <05367> in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. Psalms 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares <05367> for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. Psalms 109:11 Let the extortioner catch <05367> all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- ↑ 07639 ^הכבשׂ^ sᵉbakah \@seb-aw-kaw’\@ from 07638; n f; AV-network 7, wreath 3, wreathen work 2, checker 1, lattice 1, snare 1; 15 1) network, lattice-work, net, netting 1a) lattice 1b) net-ornament (on pillars) 1c) network, toils (for catching animals)
- ↑ 1 Kings 7:17 And nets of checker <07639> work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 1 Kings 7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network <07639>, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 1 Kings 7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network <07639>: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 1 Kings 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks <07639>, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 1 Kings 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks <07639>, even two rows of pomegranates for one network <07639>, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 2 Kings 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice <07639> in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work <07639>, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work <07639>. 2 Chronicles 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths <07639> to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; 2 Chronicles 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths <07639>; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath <07639>, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare <07639>. Jeremiah 52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network <07639> and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. Jeremiah 52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network <07639> were an hundred round about.
- ↑ 07638 ^ךבשׂ^ sabak \@saw-bawk’\@ from an unused root meaning to entwine; n m; AV-net 1; 1 1) network, lattice-work, net, netting 1a) lattice 1b) net-ornament (on pillars) 1c) network, toils (for catching animals)
- ↑ 1 Kings 7:17 [And] nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
- ↑ 04434 ^תדכלמ^ malkodeth \@mal-ko’- deth\@ from 03920; n f; AV-trap 1; 1 1) a catching instrument, snare, trap
- ↑ 03920 ^דכל^ lakad \@law-kad’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-take 112, catch 5, at all 1, frozen 1, holden 1, stick together 1; 121 1) to capture, take, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other
- ↑ 04889 ^תיחשׁמ^ mashchiyth \@mash-kheeth’\@ from 07843; n m; AV-destroy 4, corruption 2, destruction 2, set a trap 1, destroying 1, utterly 1; 11 1) ruin, destruction
- ↑ 07843 ^תחשׁ^ shachath \@shaw-khath’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-destroy 96, corrupt 22, mar 7, destroyer 3, corrupters 2, waster 2, spoilers 2, battered 1, corruptly 1, misc 11; 147 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)
- ↑ 2339 ~θήρα~ thera \@thay’-rah\@ from ther (a wild animal, as game); ; n f AV-trap 1; 1 1) a hunting of wild beasts to destroy them 2) metaph. of preparing destruction for men
- ↑ 3803 ~παγίς~ pagis \@pag-ece’\@ from 4078; TDNT-5:593,752; n f AV-snare 5; 5 1) snare, trap, noose 1a) of snares in which birds are entangled and caught 1a1) implies unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares 1b) a snare, i.e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction 1b1) of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril 1b2) of the allurements and seductions of sin 1b3) the allurements to sin by which the evil holds one bound 1b4) the snares of love
- ↑ Luke 21:35 For as a snare <3803> shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Romans 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare <3803>, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare <3803> of the devil. 1 Timothy 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare <3803>, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare <3803> of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
- ↑ 1029 ~βρόχος~ brochos \@brokh’-os\@ of uncertain derivation; ; n m AV-snare 1; 1 1) a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended 2) to throw a noose upon one, a figure borrowed from war or the chase so that by craft or by force one is bound to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command
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