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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 - Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD 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 dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - “Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the LORD your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - “know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD 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 shall be thorns in your side,[fn] and their gods shall be a snare 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 set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 - That the hypocrite should not reign,
Lest the people be ensnared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will see them?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - They served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will come through trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - By transgression an evil man is snared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - He will be as a sanctuary,
But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
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