רֶשֶׁתresheth

רֶ֫שֶׁת: net

Pronunciation: reh'-sheth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7568

Meanings

1. net

a. to no purpose is the net spread (Proverbs 1:17; Hosea 7:12; Ezekiel 12:13)

b. plot, id. (Lamentations 1:13; Proverbs 29:5; Psalms 140:6)

2. brazen network for altar of tabernacle (Exodus 27:4; Exodus 27:5; Exodus 38:4)

רֶ֫שֶׁת: net, see ירשׁ

Same root

יָרַשׁyârash · H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

Exodus 27:4 Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.
Exodus 27:5 Install the grating halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
Exodus 38:4 Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
Job 18:8 The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
Psalms 9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
Psalms 10:9 Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.

See every passage

Exodus 27:4, 27:5, 38:4
Job 18:8
Psalms 9:15, 10:9, 25:15, 31:4, 35:7, 35:8, 57:6, 140:5
Proverbs 1:17, 29:5
Lamentations 1:13
Ezekiel 12:13, 17:20, 19:8, 32:3
Hosea 5:1, 7:12

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).