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Instruments of meshed string, used for fishing or hunting. The term can also be used in a symbolic manner, to refer to the way in which people are ensnared by sin or by their enemies.

Nets used in fishing and hunting

Isaiah 51:20; Ezekiel 47:10; Matthew 4:18 See also Proverbs 1:17; Isaiah 19:8; Ezekiel 26:5; Matthew 4:21 pp Mark 1:19; Matthew 13:47; Mark 1:18; Luke 5:2-4; John 21:6

Nets used metaphorically

To describe people being caught by others

Proverbs 29:5; Habakkuk 1:15-17 See also Job 18:8; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 25:15; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 141:10; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Ezekiel 19:8; Hosea 5:1; Micah 7:2

To describe being caught by the Lord

Job 19:6; Hosea 7:12; Luke 5:10 See also Lamentations 1:13; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 32:3

Networks used in design

Exodus 27:4-5; 1 Kings 7:17; Jeremiah 52:22

See also

4642  fish
5342  hunting
5433  occupations
5589  trap