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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 Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, 'Until when doth this one become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:12 - take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - 'And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it is to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:27 - and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - and Saul saith, 'I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, 'By the second -- thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 - From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:22 - Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:13 - In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

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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 aside from snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?
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