For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
The 1611 reading
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are intangled in the land, the wildernesse hath shut them in.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Caught, enclosed, intertwined, involved, or hindered so that free movement or liberty is restrained.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 14:3
Complete exact-word concordance
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are intangled in the land, the wildernesse hath shut them in.
STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
¶ Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and bee not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For if after they haue escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ, they are againe intangled therein, and ouercome, the latter end is worse with them then the beginning.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Twisted together; interwoven in a confused manner; intricate; perplexed; involved; embarrassed; insnared.