פַּח
pach
snare
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "pach" (H6341A) has a clear and consistent meaning as a "snare." This term is used 25 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the Hebrew language and its relevance to various contexts. The word "pach" is used to describe a physical trap or device used to capture or harm animals or people. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a situation or circumstance that leads to harm or entrapment. This range of usage suggests that the concept of a snare is not limited to physical traps, but can also represent more abstract forms of entrapment, such as deceit, temptation, or false promises. The significance of "pach" lies in its ability to convey a sense of danger, deception, or entrapment. It highlights the importance of being aware of potential threats or pitfalls, and the need to be cautious in order to avoid harm. By understanding the meaning and usage of "pach," we can gain a deeper appreciation for the Hebrew language and its ability to convey complex ideas and emotions through a rich and nuanced vocabulary.
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Occurrences in Scripture
25 total occurrences across the text
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
Job 22:10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
Psalms 11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
Psalms 91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
Psalms 124:7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Psalms 124:7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.
Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 7:23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
Isaiah 24:17Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabit the earth.
Isaiah 24:18It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
Isaiah 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 48:43Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 48:44“He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
Hosea 5:1“Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
Hosea 9:8A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler’s snare is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.
Amos 3:5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
Amos 3:5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
Joshua 23:13know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.