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In the New Testament, it is used to convey the idea of being caught or ensnared, particularly in a spiritual or moral sense.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, a "brochos" was a common tool used for hunting or capturing animals. It was a looped rope or cord designed to tighten around the prey, effectively trapping it. This imagery was familiar to the original audience and was often used metaphorically in literature and speech to describe situations where individuals were caught in difficult or compromising circumstances.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1029</b> <i>bró<smallcaps>x</smallcaps>os</i> – properly, a noose; (figuratively) unnecessary restraint.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a noose, halter<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>restraint (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1029: βρόχος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βρόχος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">βροχου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="accented">a noose, slip-knot,</span> by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended (from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down): <span class="greek2">βρόχον</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιβάλλειν</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span> <span class="accented">to throw a noose upon one,</span> a figurative expression borrowed from war (or the chase) (so <span class="greek2">βρόχος</span> <span class="greek2">περιβάλλειν</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, vit. Moys. iii. § 34; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 7, 7, 4), i. e. by craft or by force to bind one to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-35.htm">1 Corinthians 7:35</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>snare, noose<p>Of uncertain derivation; a noose -- snare. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βρόχοις βροχον βρόχον βρόχους βρόχων brochon bróchon<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/7-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 7:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐχ ἵνα <b>βρόχον</b> ὑμῖν ἐπιβάλω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> not to put <span class="itali">a restraint</span> upon you, but to promote<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that I may cast <span class="itali">a snare</span> upon you, but<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not that <span class="itali">a restraint</span> you I might cast before<p><b><a href="/greek/1029.htm">Strong's Greek 1029</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1029.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/brochon_1029.htm">βρόχον — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1028.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1028"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1028" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1030.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1030"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1030" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>