Dictionary entry

βρόχος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βρόχος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX: Pr 6:5 (יָד) 7:21 (חֵלֶק) 22:25 (מֹוקֵשׁ), III Mac 4:8 *;]

a noose, a slip-knot, a halter: metaph., a restraint (not, as AV, R, txt., a snare): I Co 7:35.†