fowler (lay a) snare

“Fowler” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

Used symbolically for Satan, from whose snares God delivers His saints (Psa. 91:3³Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (Psalm 91:3); Psa. 124:7⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. (Psalm 124:7); Prov. 6:5⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Proverbs 6:5)). In the punishment of Israel their prophets became as the snare of the fowler (Hos. 9:8⁸The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. (Hosea 9:8)).

“Snare” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

Several words are employed to point out the snares or pits by which animals are caught. They are also used symbolically for the snares men lay for one another, and especially for those that Satan lays to entrap man into his power. Snares to be effectual must be hidden. It is in vain to set a net in the sight of any bird (Prov. 1:17¹⁷Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. (Proverbs 1:17)); in like manner the hook in fishing is always concealed. The baits that Satan uses are things that men like, and which may not always be moral evils in themselves, as riches, honor, but which may end in the loss of the soul (1 Tim. 3:7⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. (1 Timothy 3:7); 1 Tim. 6:9⁹But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (1 Timothy 6:9); 2 Tim. 2:26²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. (2 Timothy 2:26)). “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death” (Prov. 14:27²⁷The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. (Proverbs 14:27)). Nehemiah, led of God, wisely avoided all the snares that were laid for him by the enemy (Neh. 6). So the Christian, taught of God, and led by the Holy Spirit, will not be ignorant of Satan’s devices, and will not fall thereby.

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Trammel nets for snaring migratory quails near Gaza.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3369 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

yaqosh

Phonic:

yaw-koshe’

Meaning:

a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage:

fowler (lay a) snare