Words the Bible translates as net
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa net for catching fish or prey
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- a thing placed under God's irrevocable claim, so that it is either destroyed or given to him permanently and can never be reclaimed for ordinary use
- diktuonδίκτυονa fishing net: the ordinary, general word for the mesh of cords a fisherman used to catch and hold fish
- reshetרֶשֶׁתa net: a mesh of cords for trapping birds, animals, or people, most often pictured as a hidden and deadly trap
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- a grating: the net-shaped bronze meshwork fitted to the altar of burnt offering
- matsudahמְצוּדָהa hunter's net or snare: a trap that closes on prey, and so on a person who cannot escape.
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- a stronghold: a fortified or, more often, a rugged natural height that keeps its occupant safe from attack.
- sevakhahשְׂבָכָהan interwoven mesh of metal or cord: latticework, network, or the meshes of a net
- amphiblēstronἀμφίβληστρονnetnot studied yet
- matsodמָצוֹדa hunting net: the gear that closes on a catch, and so a picture of being taken with no way out.
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- a fortification: the works an army raises around a city it is besieging, or the fortified place people are kept safe in or shut up in.
- mikhmeretמִכְמֶרֶתnetnot studied yet
- makhmarמִכְמָרnetnot studied yet
- mazorמָזוֹרnetnot studied yet
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