Strong's Greek #1029 - βρόχος, ου, ὁ brochos (a noose)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance snare, noose Of uncertain derivation; a noose -- snare. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 1029: βρόχοςβρόχος, βροχου, ὁ, a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended (from Homer down): βρόχον ἐπιβάλλειν τίνι to throw a noose upon one, a figurative expression borrowed from war (or the chase) (so βρόχος περιβάλλειν τίνι, Philo, vit. Moys. iii. § 34; Josephus, b. j. 7, 7, 4), i. e. by craft or by force to bind one to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command, 1 Corinthians 7:35.Englishman's Concordance (References) |