παγίς

παγίς — pagís

παγίς, παγίδος, ἡ (from πήγνυμι to make fast, 2 aorist ἐπαγον; properly, that which holds fast (cf. Anth. Pal. C, 5)), the Sept. for פַּח, רֶשֶׁת, מוקֵשׁ, etc.; a snare, trap, noose;

a. properly, of snares in which birds are entangled and caught, Pro 6:5; Pro 7:23; Psa 90:3; Psalm 123:7; παγίδας ἱσταναι, Aristophanes av. 527; hence, ὡς παγίς, as a snare, i. e. unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares, Luk 21:35.

b. tropically, a snare, i. e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction: of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril, Rom 11:9 from Psa 68:23; of the allurements and seductions of sin, ἐμπίπτειν εἰς πειρασμόν καί παγίδα, 1Ti 6:9 (ἐμπίπτει εἰς παγίδα ἁμαρτωλός, Pro 12:13, cf. Pro 29:6; joined with σκάνδαλον, Wis 14:11); τοῦ διαβόλου, the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound, 2Ti 2:26; 1Ti 3:7. (In Greek writings also of the snares of love.)