Strong G1029βρόχος
restraint
- Transliteration
- brochos
- Pronunciation
- brokh'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a noose: - snare.
Detailed definition
βρόχος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Pro.6:5 (יָד) 7:21 (חֵלֶק) 22:25 (מוֹקֵשׁ), 3Ma.4:8 *;]
a noose, a slip-knot, a halter: metaphorically, a restraint (not, as AV, R, txt., a snare): 1Co.7:35.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.6:5 (יָד) 7:21 (חֵלֶק) 22:25 (מוֹקֵשׁ), 3Ma.4:8 *;]
a noose, a slip-knot, a halter: metaphorically, a restraint (not, as AV, R, txt., a snare): 1Co.7:35.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1029 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- snare1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
βρόχος, ὁ,
noose, slip-knot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.278, 22.472, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 134, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1222, etc.)]; snare for birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 527; θηρῶν β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1169; ἁλοὺς βρόχων πλεκταῖς ἀνάγκαις 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 1.8)]; mesh of a net, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.5, etc.: _metaphorically_, β. ἀρκύων ξιφηφόροι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 729; ὡς ἂν ληφθῶσιν ἐν ταὐτῷ βρόχῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 557)]; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τράχηλον ἔχων νομοθετεῖν 'with a halter round one's neck', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139. (βρόκχον)] should be written in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1099.))]
noose, slip-knot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.278, 22.472, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 134, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1222, etc.)]; snare for birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 527; θηρῶν β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1169; ἁλοὺς βρόχων πλεκταῖς ἀνάγκαις 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 1.8)]; mesh of a net, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.5, etc.: _metaphorically_, β. ἀρκύων ξιφηφόροι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 729; ὡς ἂν ληφθῶσιν ἐν ταὐτῷ βρόχῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 557)]; ἐν βρόχῳ τὸν τράχηλον ἔχων νομοθετεῖν 'with a halter round one's neck', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139. (βρόκχον)] should be written in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1099.))]