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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
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