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Snare
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "a trap, a snare" (akin to pegnumi, "to fix," and pagideuo, "to ensnare," which see), is used metaphorically of (a) the allurements to evil by which the Devil "ensnares" one, 1 Timothy 3:7; 2 Timothy 2:26; (b) seductions to evil, which "ensnare" those who "desire to be rich," 1 Timothy 6:9; (c) the evil brought by Israel upon themselves by which the special privileges Divinely granted them and centering in Christ, became a "snare" to them, their rejection of Christ and the Gospel being the retributive effect of their apostasy, Romans 11:9; (d) of the sudden judgments of God to come upon those whose hearts are "overcharged with sufeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life," Luke 21:35 (ver. 34 in RV).
"a noose, slipknot, halter," is used metaphorically in 1 Corinthians 7:35 , "a snare" (RV, marg., "constraint," "noose"). In the Sept., Proverbs 6:5; 7:21; 22:25 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Snare'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/snare.html. 1940.
