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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - βρόχος
βρόχος
G1029
Transliteration: bróchos
Pronunciation: brokh'-os
Definition: snare
- Original: βρόχος - Transliteration: Brochos - Phonetic: brokh'-os
- Definition:
1. a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended
2. to throw a noose upon one, a figure borrowed from war or the chase so that by craft or by force one is bound to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command
- Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; a noose: - snare.