Definition

a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)

Etymology

from G4078 (πήγνυμι);

Word family

• πήγνυμι pḗgnymi

How the KJV renders it

• snare

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.