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מוֹקֵשׁ

môwqêsh · mo-kashe'Hebrew · H4170

Derivation

or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ);

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.

Translated as

snare (10), snares (5), gins (2), traps (1), snared (1), gin (1)

Where it appears

Found in 20 verses

Exodus
10:7, 34:12
Joshua
23:13
Judges
8:27
1 Samuel
18:21
2 Samuel
22:6
Psalms
18:5, 64:5, 140:5, 141:9
Isaiah
8:14
Amos
3:5

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