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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare H4170 to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - “They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare H4170 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - “Beware lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare H4170 in your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “And you shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare H4170 to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know with certainty that Yahweh your God will not continue to dispossess these nations from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap H4170 to you and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - “Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they will [fn]become as thorns in your sides, and their gods will become a snare H4170 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Then Gideon made it into an ephod and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare H4170 to Gideon and his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare H4170 to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David, “For a second time you may be my son-in-law today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 -

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares H4170 of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 -

So that godless men would not rule

Nor be snares H4170 of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 -

“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,

With snares H4170 can anyone pierce its nose?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares H4170 of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 -

They [fn]hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;

They [fn]talk of laying snares H4170 secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 -

May their table before them become a snare H4170;

And [fn]when they are in peace, may it become a trap H4170.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 -

And served their idols,

Which became a snare H4170 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the [fn]wayside;

They have set snares H4170 for me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 -

Keep me from the [fn]jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares H4170 of workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 -

The snare H4170 of an evil man is in the transgression of his lips,

But the righteous man will come out from distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

The [fn]instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares H4170 of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

The [fn]fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares H4170 of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 -

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,

And his lips are the snare H4170 of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -

It is a trap H4170 for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!”

And after the vows to make inquiry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 -

Lest you learn his ways

And take on a snare H4170 against your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 -

By transgression an evil man is ensnared H4170,

But the righteous sings with joy and is glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 -

Trembling before man [fn]brings a snare H4170,

But he who trusts in Yahweh will be set securely on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;

But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,

And a snare and a trap H4170 for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 -

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no [fn]bait H4170 in it?

Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?

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