Lexical Summary brochos: a noose, halter Original Word: βρόχοςTransliteration: brochos Phonetic Spelling: (brokh'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a noose, halter Meaning: a noose, halter Strong's Concordance snare, nooseOf uncertain derivation; a noose -- snare. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1029: βρόχοςβρόχος, βροχου, ὁ, a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended (from Homer down): βρόχον ἐπιβάλλειν τίνι to throw a noose upon one, a figurative expression borrowed from war (or the chase) (so βρόχος περιβάλλειν τίνι, Philo, vit. Moys. iii. § 34; Josephus, b. j. 7, 7, 4), i. e. by craft or by force to bind one to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command, 1 Corinthians 7:35. |
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