What Does “Snares” Mean in the Bible?
Tricks and traps that someone sets in order to harm another.
Where it appears in the Bible
Mark 6:19; 1 Samuel 24:12
What the Bible says
Mark 6:19
Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
1 Samuel 24:12
Moreover see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut, off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “asechanza”