Quick Definition
παγιδεύω v. I ensnare, entrap
Strong's Definition
from 3803; to ensnare (figuratively)
KJV Usage: entangle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | παγίς
27.30 · Learn · Learn Something Against Someone
to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake (figurative extension of meaning of a term meaning literally ‘to hunt,’ ‘to trap,’ not occurring in the NT) to acquire information about an error or fault, with the purpose of causing harm or trouble In a number of languages it is possible to retain the figurative meaning of ‘trap’ or ‘catch,’ but in a number of instances other figures are used, for example, ‘to cause to trip,’ ‘to cause to fall,’ ‘to hear wrong words from his mouth,’ or ‘to use his words against him.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παγιδεύω: 1 aor. subj. 3d pers. plur. παγιδεύσωσιν; (παγίς, 4- Vv.) ; a word unknown to the Greeks; to ensnare, entrap: birds, Eccl. ix. 12; metaph., τινὰ ἐν λόγῳ, of the attempt to elicit from one some remark which can be turned into an accusation against him, Mt. xxii. 15. ([τοῖς λόγοις, Prov. vi. 2 Graec. Venet.; ef. also Deut. vii. 25; xii. 30 in the same]; 1S. xxviii. 9.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παγιδεύω pagideuō 1x
to ensnare, entrap, entangle, Mt. 22:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† παγιδεύω
(< παγίς), [in LXX: I Ki 28:9 (נקשׁ hith.), Ec 9:12 (יקשׁ pu.)*;]
to ensnare: metaph., c. acc., ἐν λόγῳ, Mt 22:15 (not elsewhere).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παγιδεύω, “‘ensnare,’”’ “entrap,” is found in the NT only in Mt 2215: cf. 1 Kingd 289, Eccles οἷ", and Zest. xiz. patr. Jos. vii. 1 περιεβλέπετο ποίῳ τρόπῳ pe παγιδεῦσαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παγιδεύω (pagideuō) — to trap. πᾰγιδ-εύω, (παγίς) lay a snare for, entrap, [LXX+NT]