Trap
παγίςStrong’s G3803pagis
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pagis is the Greek word usually translated “snare”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”
Meaning
Usually translated “snare”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a snare 3
- snare 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 2
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Timothy 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 6:9In contextBut they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Luke 21:35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
- Romans 11:9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
- 2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Greek dictionary
παγίς pagis · trap
παγίς, -ίδος, ή (πήγνυμι), [in LXX for פַּח, מוֹקֵשׁ, רֶשֶׁת, etc. ;] poët. (Aristoph., al.) and late for πάγη, a trap, snare; metaphorically (as also in cl.): Luk.21:35, Rom.11:9" (LXX) 1Ti.3:7 6:9, 2Ti.2:26.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trap” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRAP, noun
- An engine that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as a trap for foxes.
- An engine for catching men. [Not used in the U.
- An ambush; a stratagem; any device by which men or other animals may be caught unawares.“Let their table be made a snare and a trap” Romans 11:9
- A play in which a ball is driven with a stick.
All definitions and other forms of “trap”
TRAP, noun
In mineralogy, a name given to rocks characterized by a columnar form, or whose strata or beds have the form of steps or a series of stairs. Kirwan gives this name to two families of basalt. It is now employed to designate a rock or aggregate in which hornblend predominates, but it conveys no definite idea of any one species; and under this term are comprehended hornblend, hornblend slate, greenstone, greenstone slate, amygdaloid, basalt, wacky, clinkstone porphyry, and perhaps hypersthene rock, augite rock, and some varieties of sienite.
TRAP, verb transitive
To catch in a trap; as, to trap foxes or beaver.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem.
- To adorn; to dress with ornaments. [See Trappings.] [the verb is little used.]
TRAP, verb intransitive
To set traps for game; as, to trap for beaver.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.