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Lexicon :: Strong's H4170 - môqēš

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מוֹקֵשׁ
Transliteration
môqēš
Pronunciation
mo-kashe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 906c

Strong’s Definitions

מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh, mo-kashe'; or מֹקֵשׁ môqêsh; from H3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose):—be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H4170 in the following manner: snare (20x), gin (3x), trap (2x), ensnared (1x), snared (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H4170 in the following manner: snare (20x), gin (3x), trap (2x), ensnared (1x), snared (1x).
  1. bait, lure, snare

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh, mo-kashe'; or מֹקֵשׁ môqêsh; from H3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose):—be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
STRONGS H4170: Abbreviations
מוֺקֵשׁ noun masculineProverbs 12:13 properly a bait or lure in a fowler's net; then figurative snare — absolute מוֺקֵשׁ Exodus 10:7 + 15 times; construct Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 20:25; plural מוֺקְשִׁים Psalm 64:6; Job 40:24; מֹקְשִׁים Psalm 140:6; construct מוֺקְשֵי Psalm 18:6 + 3 times; מֹקְשֵׁי 2 Samuel 22:6; feminine מֹקְשׁוֺת Psalm 141:9; bait or lure, in a net for birds Amos 3:5; will not pierce nostril of hippopotamus Job 40:24; elsewhere figurative of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians Exodus 10:7 (J); מוֺקְשֵׁי עָם Job 34:30, of men who are the ruin of their people; idols and idol-worship a pernicious lure to Israel Exodus 23:33 (JE), Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 2:3; Judges 8:27; Psalm 106:36; so alliances with Canaanites Exodus 34:12 (JE), Joshua 23:13 (D); Michal, to David 1 Samuel 18:21; of י׳ as cause of ruin to evildoers Isaiah 8:14; of plots of wicked Psalm 64:6; Psalm 140:6 (verb שִׁית; || פַּח, חֲבָלִים, רֶשֶׁת), Psalm 141:9 (|| פַּח); a lure or snare for wicked in their transgressions Proverbs 29:6; Psalm 69:23 (|| פַּח); consisting in transgressions of lips Proverbs 12:13, compare Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 20:25; in wrathfulness Proverbs 22:25; in fear of man Proverbs 29:25; מָוֶת מ׳ Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 (|| חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֺל), Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:7; 10:7; 23:33; 34:12

Deuteronomy

7:16

Joshua

23:13

Judges

2:3; 8:27

1 Samuel

18:21

2 Samuel

22:6; 22:6

Job

34:30; 40:24; 40:24

Psalms

18:6; 18:6; 64:6; 64:6; 69:23; 106:36; 140:6; 140:6; 141:9; 141:9

Proverbs

12:13; 12:13; 13:14; 14:27; 18:7; 18:7; 20:25; 20:25; 22:25; 29:6; 29:25

Isaiah

8:14

Amos

3:5

H4170

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4170 matches the Hebrew מוֹקֵשׁ (môqēš),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare H4170 unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare H4170 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare H4170 in the midst of thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare H4170 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps H4170 unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare H4170 unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare H4170 unto Gideon, and to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare H4170 to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares H4170 of death prevented me;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 - That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. H4170
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. H4170
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares H4170 of death prevented me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares H4170 privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. H4170
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - And they served their idols: which were a snare H4170 unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins H4170 for me. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins H4170 of the workers of iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked is snared H4170 by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares H4170 of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares H4170 of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare H4170 of his soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare H4170 to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare H4170 to thy soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: H4170 but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - The fear of man bringeth a snare: H4170 but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare H4170 to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin H4170 is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
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