Jump to: Smith's • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms International Standard Bible Encyclopedia GINjin (moqesh, pach): A noose of hair or wire for snaring wild birds alive. There are over half a dozen traps and net devices indicated by different terms in the Bible. The gin was of horse-hair for small birds and wire for larger ones. It is mentioned in Amos 3:5: "Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?" Job writing in mental and physical discomfort on the ash heap included all methods mentioned in one outburst: Greek 4608. sikera -- fermented liquor ... intoxicating drink (sometimes made from grapes); "strong drink, fermented from fruits, grain, dates or honey, ie not beverages "such as whiskey, gin, and vodka ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4608.htm - 6k Strong's Hebrew 6341. pach -- a bird trap... 6340, 6341. pach. 6341a . a bird trap. Transliteration: pach Phonetic Spelling: (pakh) Short Definition: gin. gin, thin plate, snare ... /hebrew/6341.htm - 5k 4170. moqesh -- a bait or lure, a snare Library Omar and the Sacred vine A Few Nights after This, Diamond Woke up Suddenly... A Strain of the Judgment of the Lord. Babylonia and Assyria The Christian Conception of Life Has Already Arisen in Our Society ... Hymn Before Meat "There, Baby!" Said Diamond; "I'M So Happy that I Can Only Sing ... Through all this Chaos, Then we Come Back once More to Our Main ... When a Man is Asked to Write Down what He Really Thinks on ... In the Course of this Crude Study we Shall have to Touch on what ... Easton's Bible Dictionary A trap. (1.) Psalm 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Psalm 18:5; Proverbs 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isaiah 8:14, Hebrews pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Psalm 69: 22, "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5, "Doth a bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.2. (conj.) If. 3. (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. 4. (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine. 5. (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. 6. (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. 7. (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 8. (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. 9. (v. t.) To catch in a trap. 10. (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. Thesaurus Gin (10 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. 2. (conj.) If. ... Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine. ... /g/gin.htm - 12k Gin'nethoi (1 Occurrence) Gin'nethon (2 Occurrences) Ginnethon (3 Occurrences) Ginnethoi (1 Occurrence) Snare (69 Occurrences) Fleeing (38 Occurrences) Hunting (9 Occurrences) Net (91 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Gin (10 Occurrences)Romans 11:9 And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them: Joshua 23:13 know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you. Job 18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, 'Are' on thee, O inhabitant of the land. Isaiah 24:18 And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land. Jeremiah 48:43 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, 'are' for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Jeremiah 48:44 Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah. Amos 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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