παγιδεύω
pagideúō · G3802 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
(Figurative extension of meaning of a term meaning literally ‘to hunt,’ ‘to trap,’ not occurring in the NT) To acquire information about an error or fault, with the purpose of causing harm or trouble
ExamplesMatthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀγρεύω agreúō · G64 · to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
- Both terms share the same specific sense of figurative entrapment — catching someone off guard by cunning. Though each is only thinly attested, this is a genuine, specific convergence on the concept of ensnaring, not a weak or generic overlap.
- θηρεύω thēreúō · G2340 · to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
- Both verbs describe figurative entrapment through verbal means, particularly in contexts of attempting to catch someone in contradictory or incriminating speech. The evidence for their interchangeability is limited to single New Testament occurrences in similar rhetorical trap scenarios, though both clearly serve the same semantic function of describing attempts to ensnare through questioning.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake27.30
- παγιδεύω names the deliberate setting of a verbal trap, as Matthew describes the Pharisees' scheme against Jesus: “Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might trap Him in what He said.” (Matthew 22:15)
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist subjunctive 3rd person plural παγιδεύσωσιν; (παγίς, which see); a word unknown…
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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