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snare

Meaning of “snare”

1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.

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First occurrence: Exodus 10:7

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Exodus 10:7
And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 10:7 · retained source text

And Pharaohs seruants said vnto him, How long shall this man be a snare vnto vs? Let the men goe, that they may serue the LORD their God: Knowest thou not yet, that Egypt is destroyed?

Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 23:33 · retained source text

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, it will surely be a snare vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 7.16. iosh. 23.13. iudg. 2.3.

Exodus 34:12
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:12 · retained source text

Take heed to thy selfe, lest thou make a couenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.32. deut. 7.2.

Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:16 · retained source text

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that will be a snare vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.33.

Judges 2:3
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 2:3 · retained source text

Wherefore I also said, I will not driue them out from before you: but they shalbe as thornes in your sides, and their gods shalbe a snare vnto you.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 23.13.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.33. and 34.12.

Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 8:27 · retained source text

And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in his citie, euen in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it; which thing became a snare vnto Gideon, and to his house.

1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:21 · retained source text

And Saul said, I will giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law, in the one of the twaine.

1 Samuel 28:9
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 28:9 · retained source text

And the woman saide vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how hee hath cut off those that haue familiar spirits, and the wyzards out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 18:8 · retained source text

For hee is cast into a net by his owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.

Job 18:10
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 18:10 · retained source text

The snare is laide for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hidden.

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