Gin

Gin. A trap for birds or beasts; it consisted of a net, Isa 8:14, and a stick to act as a spring. Amo 3:5.

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

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), Psa 140:5; Psa 141:9; Amo 3:5; and פִּח, pach, lit. a plate or thin layer, hence a net or trap, Sept. Παγίς, Job 18:9; Isa 8:14; elsewhere "snare." SEE HUNTING; SEE FOWLER, etc.

See SNARE.

GIN.—See Snares.

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 Amo 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).

Job 18:9 (a) This figure is used to describe a trap laid for him by his enemies. Men are always seeking to find ways and means of tripping up GOD’s children. (See also Psa 140:5; Psa 141:9).

Isa 8:14 (a) This figure is used to describe a trap. This trap, however, was prepared by the Lord for the punishment of His people at Jerusalem.