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snares

Meaning of “snares”

Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.

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15 occurrences15 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 23:13

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Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:26 · retained source text

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.

1611 marginal noteOr, they pry as foulers lie in waite.

Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:22 · retained source text

Let a crie bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troupe suddenly vpon them, for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

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