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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Gin

Gin [N] [S]

a trap.

  • Psalms 140:5 Psalms 141:9 , Amos 3:5 , the Hebrew word used, mokesh , means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered ( Psalms 18:5 ; Proverbs 13:14 , etc.).

  • Job 18:9 , Isaiah 8:14 , Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler ( Psalms 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.)

    These dictionary topics are from
    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
    [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
    [S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
    Bibliography Information

    Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Gin". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

    • King James Dictionary - Gin

    Gin

    A noose; snare.

    Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set GINS for me. ( Psalm 140:4-5 )

    Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)
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    "Entry for 'Gin'". A King James Dictionary.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary - Gin

    Gin, [N] [E]

    a trap for birds or beasts; it consisted of a net, ( Isaiah 8:14 ) and a stick to act as a spring. ( Amos 3:5 )

    [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
    [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
    Bibliography Information

    Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Gin,'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

    International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gin

    GIN

    jin (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:

    "For he is cast into a net by his own feet.

    And he walketh upon the toils.

    A gin shall take him by the heel,

    And a snare shall lay hold on him,

    A noose is hid for him in the ground.

    And a trap for him in the way" (Job 18:8).

    Gene Stratton-Porter

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    Bibliography Information
    Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'GIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.