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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

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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 the servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away the men, that they may serve their God; wilt thou know that Egypt is destroyed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - take heed to thyself, lest at any time thou make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, into which thou art entering, lest it be to thee a stumbling-block among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - And thou shalt eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord thy God gives thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for this is an offence to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling-blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off 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 I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a [fn]distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - And Gedeon made an ephod of it, and set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon 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, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 - causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - (LXX 17:6) The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - (LXX 63:6) They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - (LXX 68:23) [fn] Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompence, and for a stumbling-block.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - (LXX 105:36) And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - (LXX 139:6) The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - (LXX 140:9) Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snares; but a righteous man escapes from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - A great snare is spread for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - they fearing and reverencing men unreasonably have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in [fn]his master shall be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against [fn] a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?
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