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מוֹקֵשׁ H4170

H4170 is the Hebrew word מוֹקֵשׁ, transliterated môwqêsh and said mo-kashe'. The King James Version most often renders it snare.

Word: מוֹקֵשׁTransliteration: môwqêshSaid: mo-kashe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 20 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

snare 8×snares 5×gins 2×man be a snare 1×traps 1×thing became a snare 1×snared 1×where no gin 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

Verses using מוֹקֵשׁ

All 20 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 10:7 · KJV

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Exodus 34:12 · KJV

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Joshua 23:13 · KJV

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Judges 8:27 · KJV

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

1 Samuel 18:21 · KJV

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

2 Samuel 22:6 · KJV

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Psalm 18:5 · KJV

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 64:5 · KJV

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Psalm 140:5 · KJV

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Psalm 141:9 · KJV

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 12:13 · KJV

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:14 · KJV

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27 · KJV

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 18:7 · KJV

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:25 · KJV

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

Proverbs 22:25 · KJV

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 29:6 · KJV

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 29:25 · KJV

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Isaiah 8:14 · KJV

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Amos 3:5 · KJV

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Common questions

What does Strong's H4170 mean?

H4170 is the Hebrew word מוֹקֵשׁ (môwqêsh), meaning a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose).

How is H4170 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it snare (8 times), snares (5 times), gins (2 times), man be a snare (1 time), traps (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4170 appear in the Bible?

מוֹקֵשׁ (môwqêsh) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4170 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ).

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