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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31608" /> ==
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31608" /> ==
<li> Job 18:9 , Isaiah 8:14 , Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Psalm 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.) <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gin'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/gin.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
<li> &nbsp;Job 18:9 , &nbsp;Isaiah 8:14 , Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (&nbsp;Psalm 69 :: &nbsp;22 , "Let their table before them become a net;" &nbsp;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.) <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from [[M.G.]] Easton [[M.A.,]] [[D.D.,]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gin'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/gin.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
          
          
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35488" /> ==
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60554" /> ==
<p> A trap for birds or beasts, consisting of a net and a stick acting as a spring (Isaiah 8:14). </p>
<p> [[Gin,]] n. [[A]] contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit. See Geneva. </p> <p> [[Gin,]] n. [[A]] contraction of engine. [[A]] machine or instrument by which the mechanical powers are employed in aid of human strength. The word is applied to various engines, as a machine for driving piles, another for raising weights, &c., and a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, invented by E.Whitney, is called a cotton-gin. It is also the name given to an engine of torture, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. </p> 1. [[A]] trap a snare. <p> [[Gin,]] To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine which separates them with expedition. </p> 1. To catch in a trap. <p> [[Gin,]] To begin. </p>
          
          
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40304" /> ==
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40304" /> ==
Amos 3:5Job 18:9Isaiah 8:14Psalm 140:5Psalm 141:9[[Fowler]]
&nbsp;Amos 3:5&nbsp;Job 18:9&nbsp;Isaiah 8:14&nbsp;Psalm 140:5&nbsp;Psalm 141:9[[Fowler]]
       
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35488" /> ==
<p> [[A]] trap for birds or beasts, consisting of a net and a stick acting as a spring (&nbsp;Isaiah 8:14). </p>
          
          
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51294" /> ==
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51294" /> ==
<p> <strong> GIN </strong> . See Snares. </p>
<p> <strong> [[Gin]] </strong> . See Snares. </p>
       
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60554" /> ==
<p> GIN, n. A contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit. See Geneva. </p> <p> GIN, n. A contraction of engine. A machine or instrument by which the mechanical powers are employed in aid of human strength. The word is applied to various engines, as a machine for driving piles, another for raising weights, &c., and a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, invented by E.Whitney, is called a cotton-gin. It is also the name given to an engine of torture, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. </p> 1. A trap a snare. <p> GIN, To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine which separates them with expedition. </p> 1. To catch in a trap. <p> GIN, To begin. </p>
          
          
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66362" /> ==
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66362" /> ==
<p> See SNARE. </p>
<p> See [[Snare.]] </p>
          
          
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4181" /> ==
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4181" /> ==
<p> ''''' jin ''''' ( מוקשׁ , <i> ''''' mōḳēsh ''''' </i> , פח , <i> ''''' paḥ ''''' </i> ): 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: </p> <p> "For he is cast into a <i> net </i> by his own feet. </p> <p> And he walketh upon the <i> toils </i> . </p> <p> A <i> gin </i> shall take him by the heel, </p> <p> And a <i> snare </i> shall lay hold on him, </p> <p> A <i> noose </i> is hid for him in the ground. </p> <p> And a <i> trap </i> for him in the way" ( Job 18:8 ). </p>
<p> ''''' jin ''''' ( מוקשׁ , <i> ''''' mōḳēsh ''''' </i> , פח , <i> ''''' paḥ ''''' </i> ): [[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 &nbsp; 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: </p> <p> "For he is cast into a <i> net </i> by his own feet. </p> <p> And he walketh upon the <i> toils </i> . </p> <p> [[A]] <i> gin </i> shall take him by the heel, </p> <p> And a <i> snare </i> shall lay hold on him, </p> <p> [[A]] <i> noose </i> is hid for him in the ground. </p> <p> And a <i> trap </i> for him in the way" (&nbsp; Job 18:8 ). </p>
          
          
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41961" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41961" /> ==
<p> an old English word for trap, stands as the rendering of two [[Hebrew]] words is certain passages: מֹוֹקֵשׁ, mokeshn, a noose or "snare" (as elsewhere rendered), Psalms 140:5; Psalms 141:9; Amos 3:5; and פִּח, pach, lit. a plate or thin layer, hence a net or trap, Sept. Παγίς, Job 18:9; Isaiah 8:14; elsewhere "snare." (See [[Hunting]]); (See [[Fowler]]), etc. </p>
<p> an old English word for trap, stands as the rendering of two [[Hebrew]] words is certain passages: מֹוֹקֵשׁ, ''mokeshn'' , a noose or "snare" (as elsewhere rendered), &nbsp;Psalms 140:5; &nbsp;Psalms 141:9; &nbsp;Amos 3:5; and פִּח, ''pach'' , lit. a plate or thin layer, hence a net or trap, Sept. Παγίς, &nbsp;Job 18:9; &nbsp;Isaiah 8:14; elsewhere "snare." (See [[Hunting]]); (See [[Fowler]]), etc. </p>
          
          
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<ref name="term_31608"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
<ref name="term_31608"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_35488"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
<ref name="term_60554"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/gin Gin from King James Dictionary]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_40304"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
<ref name="term_40304"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_35488"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_51294"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/gin Gin from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
<ref name="term_51294"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/gin Gin from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_60554"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/gin Gin from King James Dictionary]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_66362"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
<ref name="term_66362"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/gin Gin from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

Revision as of 22:04, 12 October 2021

Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]

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

    Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gin'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/gin.html. 1897.

  • King James Dictionary [2]

    Gin, n. A contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit. See Geneva.

    Gin, n. A contraction of engine. A machine or instrument by which the mechanical powers are employed in aid of human strength. The word is applied to various engines, as a machine for driving piles, another for raising weights, &c., and a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, invented by E.Whitney, is called a cotton-gin. It is also the name given to an engine of torture, and to a pump moved by rotary sails.

    1. A trap a snare.

    Gin, To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine which separates them with expedition.

    1. To catch in a trap.

    Gin, To begin.

    Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

     Amos 3:5 Job 18:9 Isaiah 8:14 Psalm 140:5 Psalm 141:9Fowler

    Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]

    A trap for birds or beasts, consisting of a net and a stick acting as a spring ( Isaiah 8:14).

    Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]

    Gin . See Snares.

    Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]

    See Snare.

    International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

    jin ( מוקשׁ , mōḳēsh , פח , paḥ ): 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 ).

    Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]

    an old English word for trap, stands as the rendering of two Hebrew words is certain passages: מֹוֹקֵשׁ, mokeshn , a noose or "snare" (as elsewhere rendered),  Psalms 140:5;  Psalms 141:9;  Amos 3:5; and פִּח, pach , lit. a plate or thin layer, hence a net or trap, Sept. Παγίς,  Job 18:9;  Isaiah 8:14; elsewhere "snare." (See Hunting); (See Fowler), etc.

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