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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Snare

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Snare

The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See GIN.)


Naves Topical Index
Snare

General references
Amos 3:5

Figurative:

Of the evils in life of the wicked
Job 18:8-10

Of the devices of the wicked to deceive the righteous
Psalms 91:3; Jeremiah 5:26
Ambush; Conspiracy; Pit


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Snare

SNARE, noun

1. An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg. It consists of a cord or string with slip-knots, in which the leg is entangled. A snare is not a net.

2. Any thing by which one is entangled and brought into troble. I Cor. 7. A fool's lip are the snare of his soul. Proverbs 18:7.

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. Psalms 9:16.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Snared

SNA'RED, participle passive Entangled; unexpectedly involved in difficulty.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Snarer

SNA'RER, noun One who lays snares or entangles.