Snare

Snare - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See [598]GIN.)

Snare - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SNARE, n.

1. An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg. It consists of a cord or string with slip-knots, in which the leg is entangled. A snare is not a net.

2. Any thing by which one is entangled and brought into troble. I Cor. 7. A fool's lip are the snare of his soul. Prov 18.

SNARE, v.t. To catch with a snare; to ensnare; to entangle; to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity or danger. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Psa 9.