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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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46 occurrences44 verses19 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 10:7

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Psalms 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 69:22 · retained source text

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should haue bene for their welfare, let it become a trap.

1611 marginal noteRom.11.9

Psalms 91:3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 91:3 · retained source text

Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.

Psalms 106:36
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 106:36 · retained source text

And they serued their idoles: which were a snare vnto them.

Psalms 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:110 · retained source text

The wicked haue layde a snare for mee: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Psalms 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 124:7 · retained source text

Our soule is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the foulers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Psalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 140:5 · retained source text

The proude haue hid a snare for me and cords, they haue spread a net by the way side: they haue set grinnes for me. Selah.

Psalms 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 142:3 · retained source text

When my spirit was ouerwhelmed within mee, then thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily laid a snare for me.

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