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Snare

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

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SNARE (παγίς, βρόχος).—παγίς (Luke 21:31, Romans 11:9, etc.) is primarily a trap, then a trick or snare. βρόχος (1 Corinthians 7:35) is a noose or slip-knot for hanging or strangling, then a snare for birds, or the mesh of a net. We can hardly take παγίς in Luke 21:35, with Godet (Com. in loc), as a net enclosing a flock of unsuspecting birds. The idea in both words is simply that of taking unawares, as the bird in the fowler’s trap—the fakhkh, in the use of which Arab boys are so expert—or the hare in the noose cunningly spread in its path.

W. Ewing.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Snare'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdn/​s/snare.html. 1906-1918.
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