βρόχος
bróchos · G1029 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Trap, snareHunting74 verses
Meanings
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to restrict, to control, to impose restrictions
(An idiom, literally: to throw a bridle on) To place restrictions upon someone’s behavior
Examples1 Corinthians 7:35 I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπιβάλλωto lay on, to put on 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- παγίς pagís · G3803 · trap, snare, danger
- Greek synonym for snare/trap used metaphorically for entrapment or binding constraint, closely parallel to βρόχος in semantic function
In the other Testament 2 words
- פַּח pach · H6341 · trap, hammered sheets
- Hebrew term for snare/trap, a standard translation equivalent for the metaphorical sense of entrapment or binding that βρόχος carries in 1 Cor 7:35
- מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh · H4170 · trap
- Hebrew term for snare/trap device, semantically equivalent to the binding/restricting sense of βρόχος
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To restrict, to control, to impose restrictions37.2
- Used figuratively of placing a limiting constraint on someone, as of Paul saying he does not intend to put a restraint on the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 7:35.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βροχου, ὁ, a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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