| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. 2. (n.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike. 4. (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. 5. (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. 6. (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at. 7. (n.) The game of trapball. 8. (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids. 9. (n.) A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. 10. (n.) A wagon, or other vehicle. 11. (n.) A kind of movable stepladder. 12. (v. t.) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. 13. (v. t.) Fig.: To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. 14. (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. 15. (v. i.) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TRAP (moqesh; thera, literally, "hunting," used metaphorically in Psalms and Romans as "trap"): Any of the methods for taking birds; see SNARE; NET; GIN, etc. It is probable that a trap was more particularly a hole in the ground covered with twigs, concealed by leaves and baited with food. Such devices were common in taking the largest animals and may have been used with birds also. Trap is mentioned frequently in connection with snare and in such manner as to indicate that they were different devices: "Know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you" (Joshua 23:13). Another such reference will be found in Psalm 69:22:
"Let their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, let it become a trap."
This is quoted in Romans 11:9: "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
And a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them."
An instance where a trap alone is referred to can be found in Jeremiah 5:26: "They set a trap, they catch men." Isaiah 42:22 uses this expression, "snared in holes." This might mean that a snare was placed in a hole, or that the hole was the snare to lure bird or animal to its death. The former proposition is sustained by Job, who says, "A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way" (18:10). This translation appears as if it were reversed and should read, "A trap is hid for him in the ground and a noose in the way."
Gene Stratton-Porter |  | Multi-Version Concordance Trap (35 Occurrences) Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. (Root in WEB WEY NAS NIV) Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites? (See NIV) Mark 12:13 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. (WEB WEY NAS RSV) Mark 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it." (See NIV) Luke 20:26 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent. (WEB NIV) Luke 21:34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap; (WEY NAS NIV) John 8:6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger. (See NIV) Romans 11:9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Corinthians 7:35 Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction. (WEY) 1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil. (See NIV) 1 Timothy 6:9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. (See NIV) 2 Timothy 2:26 and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will. (Root in WEY NIV) Joshua 23:13 know 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Judges 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. (See JPS) 1 Samuel 28:9 The woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?" (See NIV) Job 18:9 A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. (WEB NAS RSV NIV) Job 18:10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Job 40:24 Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap? (DBY NIV) Psalms 31:4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold. (See NIV) Psalms 69:22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 140:5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. (Root in WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. (Root in WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 142:3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go. (See NAS RSV) Proverbs 20:25 It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them. (See NAS NIV) Proverbs 28:10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good. (WEB NIV) Ecclesiastes 7:26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her. (Root in WEB NIV) Isaiah 8:14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (WEB WBS NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. (See JPS) Isaiah 24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. (See JPS) Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Jeremiah 9:8 His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him. (See NIV) Jeremiah 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah. (See JPS) Jeremiah 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. (See JPS) Amos 3:5 Can 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? (WEB NAS RSV NIV) Obadiah 1:7 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him." (See RSV NIV) |
