Words the Bible translates as snare
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.
- skandalonσκάνδαλονa stumbling block: the trap, obstacle, or offense that causes a person to fall into sin or turn away from God.
- moqeshמוֹקֵשׁa snare: a baited trap that catches its prey, and so anything that lures a person or a people into sin, defeat, or death
- paḥפַּחa snare: a fowler's spring-trap that snaps shut on a bird, and by extension any hidden trap that catches a victim unawares
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- a thin sheet of hammered metal beaten out flat
- 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.
- yaqoshיָקֹשׁto trap: to set a hidden snare for someone, or to be caught in one
- 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.
- naqashנָקַשׁto snarenot studied yet
- tsammimצַמִּיםsnarenot studied yet
- malkodetמַלְכֹּדֶתsnarenot studied yet
- qenetsקֵנֶץsnarenot studied yet
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