Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4170
מוֹקֵשׁ
moqeshmo-kashe'
snare
27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: môwqêsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4170is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4170
a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
The King James renders it: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
moqesh is rendered "snare". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’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 is in ruins?”
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
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 is in ruins?”
Exodus 10:7לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- into a snare8
- a snare5
- from snares of3
- and into a snare2
- snares2
- snares of2
- a snare of1
- and a snare1
- and snares of1
- snare of1
- with snares1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃4
- מוֹקֵ֣שׁ3
- מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי3
- לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ2
- מוֹקֵ֥שׁ2
- מוֹקֵ֑שׁ2
- בְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗ים1
- וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁ1
- וּלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ1
- וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ1
- וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת1
- לְמוֹקֵ֖שׁ1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular8HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
Exodus
three uses
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 is in ruins?”
- לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁlemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
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.”
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃ פlemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
- לְמוֹקֵ֖שׁlemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
Deuteronomy
one use
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.
- מוֹקֵ֥שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a snare
Joshua
one use
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.
- וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁulemokeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and into a snare
Judges
two uses
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.”
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃lemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
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.
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃lemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
1 Samuel
one use
“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.”
- לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁlemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
2 Samuel
one use
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- מֹֽקְשֵׁי־mokeshei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: snares of
Job
two uses
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
- מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmimokesheipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from snares of
Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
- בְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗יםbemokshimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with snares
Psalms
six uses
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- מ֣וֹקְשֵׁיmoksheinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: snares of
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
- מוֹקְשִׁ֑יםmokshimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: snares
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃lemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
- לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃lemokeshpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a snare
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
- מֹקְשִׁ֖יםmokeshimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: snares
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹתumokeshotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and snares of
Proverbs
eight uses
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- מוֹקֵ֣שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a snare
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmimokesheipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from snares of
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmimokesheipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from snares of
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- מוֹקֵ֥שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: snare of
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
- מוֹקֵ֣שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a snare of
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- מוֹקֵ֣שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a snare
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- מוֹקֵ֑שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a snare
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
- מוֹקֵ֑שׁmokeshnoun · masculine singulartagged: a snare
Isaiah
one use
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.
- וּלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁulemokeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and into a snare
Amos
one use
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?
- וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁumokeshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a snare
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.