Gin - Biblical Meaning of gin in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Gin
a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, "mokesh", means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Ps. 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.) Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'gin' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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