Concise Bible Dictionary:
Used symbolically for Satan, from whose snares God delivers His saints (Psa. 91:3; Psa. 124:7; Prov. 6:5). In the punishment of Israel their prophets became as the snare of the fowler (Hos. 9:8).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
passive participle of 3369; properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer