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40 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 140:5Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Isaiah 19:8Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
- Matthew 13:47Easton · Nave Fish caught in
¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
- 1 Kings 7:17Nave Of checker work
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
- Job 18:8Nave FIGURATIVE
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
- Job 18:9Easton
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
- Job 18:10Easton
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
- Job 19:6Nave FIGURATIVE
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
- Psalms 9:15Nave FIGURATIVE
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 10:9Nave FIGURATIVE
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 18:5Easton
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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- Psalms 25:15 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 31:4 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 35:7 Nave Hidden in a pit
- Psalms 35:8 Nave Hidden in a pit
- Psalms 57:6 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 66:11 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Psalms 69:22 Easton
- Psalms 116:3 Easton
- Psalms 141:10 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Proverbs 1:17 Nave Set for birds
- Proverbs 12:12 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Proverbs 29:5 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Isaiah 51:20 Nave Wild animals
- Jeremiah 5:26 Easton
- Jeremiah 5:27 Easton
- Ezekiel 26:5 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ezekiel 26:14 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Ezekiel 47:10 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Hosea 7:12 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Amos 3:5 Easton
- Matthew 4:18 Easton
- Matthew 4:18–21 Nave Fish caught in
- Matthew 13:48 Easton
- Mark 1:16 Easton
- Luke 5:4–9 Easton
- Luke 5:4 Nave Fish caught in
- John 21:6–11 Nave Fish caught in
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 16 references
In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, “like the top of a tent.” (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9).
The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, “gin;” Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 30 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Of checker work 1Ki 7:17
- → Hidden in a pit Ps 35:7,8
- → Set for birds Pr 1:17
- → Wild animals Isa 51:20
- → Fish caught in Mt 4:18-21; 13:47; Lu 5:4; Joh 21:6-11
- → See SNARE
- → FIGURATIVE Job 18:8; 19:6; Ps 9:15; 10:9; 25:15; 31:4; 35:7,8; 57:6; 66:11; 140:5; 141:10; Pr 12:12; 29:5; Ec 7:26; 9:12; Isa 19:8; Eze 26:5,14; 47:10; Ho 7:12
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.