{"def":{"short":"a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)","long":["snare, trap, noose",["of snares in which birds are entangled and caught",["implies unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares"],"a snare, i.e., whatever brings peril, loss, destruction",["of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril","of the allurements and seductions of sin","the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound","the snares of love"]]]},"deriv":"from G4078","pronun":{"ipa":"pɑˈɣis","ipa_mod":"pɑˈɣis","sbl":"pagis","dic":"pa-GEES","dic_mod":"pa-GEES"},"see":["G4078"]}