Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a snare, trap, Lk. 21:35; met. device, wile, 1 Tim. 3:7; 6:9; 2 Tim. 2:26; met. a trap of ruin, Rom. 11:9*
Translated in KJV as
snare
Etymology
from G4078 (πήγνυμι);
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