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Lexicon :: Strong's H4170 - môqēš

Aa
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 - Then Pharaoh’s H6547 servants H5650 said H559 to him, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 shall this H2088 man be a snare H4170 to us? Let H7971 the [fn]people H376 go H7971, so that they may serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God H430. Do you not yet H2962 [fn]realize H3045 that Egypt H4714 is destroyed H6?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - “They shall not live H3427 in your land H776, otherwise H6435 they will make you sin H2398 against Me; for if you serve H5647 their gods H430, it is certain H3588 to be a snare H4170 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - “Be H8104 careful H8104 that you do not make H3772 a covenant H1285 with the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 into which H834 you are going H935, or H6435 it will become H1961 a snare H4170 in your midst H7130.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “You shall consume H398 all H3605 the peoples H5971 whom H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will turn H5414 over H5414 to you; your eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 them, nor H3808 shall you serve H5647 their gods H430, for that would be a snare H4170 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know H3045 with H3045 certainty H3045 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 will not continue H3254 to [fn]drive H3423 these H428 nations H1471 out H3423 from before H6440 you; but they will be a snare H6341 and a trap H4170 to you, and a whip H7850 on your sides H6654 and thorns H6796 in your eyes H5869, until H5704 you perish H6 from this H2088 good H2896 land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has given H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - “Therefore I also H1571 said H559, ‘I will not drive H1644 them out H1644 from you; but they will [fn]become H1961 like thorns in your sides H6654, and their gods H430 will be a snare H4170 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - Gideon H1439 made H6213 it into an ephod H646, and placed H3322 it in his city H5892, Ophrah H6084; but all H3605 Israel H3478 [fn]committed infidelity H2181 with it there H8033, and it became H1961 a snare H4170 to Gideon H1439 and his household H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - For Saul H7586 thought H559, “I will give H5414 her to him so that she may become H1961 a trap H4170 for him, and that the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 may be against him.” Therefore Saul H7586 said H559 to David H1732, “For a second H8147 time H8147 you may become H2859 my son-in-law H2859, today H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 -

The ropes H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;

The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 -

“So H4480 that H4480 godless H2611 people H120 would not H4480 rule H4427,

Nor H4480 be snares H4170 for the people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 -

“Can anyone capture H3947 him [fn]when he is on watch H5869,

Can anyone pierce H5344 his nose H639 with barbs H4170?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 -

The ropes H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;

The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 -

They make H2388 firm H2388 for themselves an evil H7451 [fn]purpose H1697;

They [fn]talk H5608 of setting H2934 snares H4170 secretly H2934;

They say H559, “Who H4310 can see H7200 them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 -

May their table H7979 before H6440 them become H1961 a snare H4170;

And [fn]when they are at peace H7965, may it become a trap H4170.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 -

And served H5647 their idols H6091,

Which became H1961 a snare H4170 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

The proud H1343 have hidden H2934 a trap H6341 for me, and snares H2256;

They have spread H6566 a net H7568 at the [fn]wayside H4570;

They have set H7896 snares H4170 for me. Selah H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 -

Keep H8104 me from the [fn]jaws H3027 of the trap H6341 which they have set H3369 for me,

And from the snares H4170 of those who do H6466 wrong H205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 -

[fn]An evil H7451 person H7451 is ensnared H4170 by the offense H6588 of his lips H8193,

But the righteous H6662 will escape H3318 from trouble H6869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

The [fn]teaching H8451 of the wise H2450 is a fountain H4726 of life H2416,

To turn H5493 aside H5493 from the snares H4170 of death H4194.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

[fn]The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is a fountain H4726 of life H2416,

By which one may avoid H5493 the snares H4170 of death H4194.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 -

A fool’s H3684 mouth H6310 is his ruin H4288,

And his lips H8193 are the snare H4170 of his soul H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -

It is a trap H4170 for a person H120 to say H3886 carelessly H3886, “It is holy H6944!”

And after H310 the vows H5088 to make H1239 inquiry H1239.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 -

Or H6435 you will learn H502 his ways H734

And [fn]find H3947 a snare H4170 for yourself H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 -

By wrongdoing H6588 an evil H7451 person H376 is ensnared H4170,

But the righteous H6662 sings H7442 and rejoices H8055.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 -

The fear H2731 of man H120 [fn]brings H5414 a snare H4170,

But one who trusts H982 in the LORD H3068 will be protected H7682.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

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“Then He will become H1961 a sanctuary H4720;

But to both H8147 houses H1004 of Israel H3478, He will be a stone H68 of stumbling H5063 and a rock H6697 [fn]of offense H4383,

And a snare H6341 and a trap H4170 for the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 -

Does a bird H6833 fall H5307 into a trap H6341 on the ground H776 when there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]device H4170 in it?

Does a trap H6341 spring H5927 up H5927 from the earth H127 when it captures H3920 nothing H3808 at H3920 all H3920?

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