מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh

Hebrew · Strong's H4170 · pronounced mo-kashe' · used 27 times in 27 verses

Meaning

a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)

In the King James Version: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

Derivation: or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ);

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Where it is used

Exodus 10:7 Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
Exodus 23:33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Exodus 34:12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
Deuteronomy 7:16 You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Joshua 23:13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 2:3 So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
Judges 8:27 From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
1 Samuel 18:21 “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
2 Samuel 22:6 The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Job 34:30 that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
Job 40:24 Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
Psalms 18:5 The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Psalms 69:22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Psalms 106:36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
Psalms 140:5 The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
Proverbs 13:14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 20:25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
Proverbs 22:25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Isaiah 8:14 And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
Amos 3:5 Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?