βρόχος
brochos
Masculine noun · Of uncertain derivation
Of uncertain derivation; a noose:—snare.
Outline
- a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended
- to throw a noose upon one, a figure borrowed from war or the chase so that by craft or by force one is bound to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command