Dictionary entry

παγίς

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

παγίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(< πήγνυμι), [in LXX for פַּח, מוֹקֵשׁ, רֶשֶׁת, etc.;]

poët. (Aristoph., al.) and late for πάγη, a trap, snare; metaph. (as also in cl.): Lk 21:35, Ro 11:9^(LXX), I Ti 3:7 6:9, II Ti 2:26.†