H4170Noun, masculine27 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 10:7לְמוֹקֵשׁ
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?”
- Deuteronomy 7:16מוֹקֵשׁ
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.
- Judges 2:3לְמוֹקֵשׁ
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.”
- Job 40:24בְּמוֹקְשִׁים
Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
- Psalm 18:5מוֹקְשֵׁי
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Proverbs 12:13מוֹקֵשׁ
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.