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.)
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