מוֹקֵשׁ moqesh
Hebrew word for “snare” · Strong’s H4170 · used 27 times in 27 verses
Meaning
bait, lure, snare
How it is translated
Glosses given for moqesh in context, with how often each is used:
- snare 17
- snares 9
- will be a snare 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 8 | 1.2 | |
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 29 (2), Exodus 10 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Joshua 23 (1), Judges 2 (1), Judges 8 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1)
Forms
- למוקשׁ 8
- מוקשׁ 7
- ממקשׁי 3
- ולמוקשׁ 2
- מקשׁי 1
- במוקשׁים 1
- מוקשׁי 1
- מוקשׁים 1
- מקשׁים 1
- ומקשׁות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with moqesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פַּח pach “snare” 6
- מָוֶת mavet “death” 4
- עָבַד avad “to serve” 4
- חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 3
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 3
- מָקוֹר maqor “fountain” 2
- קָדַם qadam “to meet” 2
- צַד tsad “side” 2
- נִי ni “me” 4
- טָמַן taman “to hide” 2
- שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 3
Key verses
The verses using moqesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 34:12 — 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:
- Deuteronomy 7:16 — And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods;…
- Joshua 23:13 — 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…
- Judges 8:27 — 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…
- 1 Samuel 18:21 — 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…
- Psalms 64:5 — They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- Psalms 69:22 — Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Psalms 106:36 — And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
- Psalms 140:5 — 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.
- Proverbs 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
- Isaiah 8:14 — 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…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.