Snare
קֵ֫נֶץStrong’s H7078qenets (qe-nets)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qenets is the Hebrew word usually translated “ends”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.”
Meaning
- Snare, netmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- ends 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
קֵ֫נֶץ qenets · snare
1) snare, net 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “snare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SNARE, noun
- An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg.
- Any thing by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. 1 Corinthians 7:35Proverbs 18:7“A fool's lip are the snare of his soul” Proverbs 18:7
All definitions and other forms of “snare”
SNARE, verb transitive
To catch with a snare; to ensnare; to entangle; to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity or danger. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.