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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: παγιδεύω

(Strong's #3802 — Verb — pagideuo — pag-id-yoo'-o )

"to entrap, lay snares for" (from pagis, "anything which fixes or grips," hence, "a snare"), is used in Matthew 22:15 , of the efforts of the Pharisees to "entrap" the Lord in His speech, AV, "entangle." See ENTANGLE.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ensnare'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/ensnare.html. 1940.
 
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