Limitless Word
מוֹקֵשׁmôwqêsh/mo-kashe'/
HebrewH417027 occurrences (KJV)

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

KJV renders it: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

Where it appears

  • Exod 10:7Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
  • Exod 23:33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
  • Exod 34:12Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you:
  • Deut 7:16You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.
  • Josh 23:13know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
  • Judg 2:3Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”
  • Judg 8:27Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
  • 1 Sam 18:21Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”
  • 2 Sam 22:6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
  • Job 34:30that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
  • Job 40:24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
  • Ps 18:5The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
  • Ps 64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
  • Ps 69:22Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
  • Ps 106:36They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Ps 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
  • Prov 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
  • Prov 14:27The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
  • Prov 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Prov 20:25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
  • Prov 22:25lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
  • Prov 29:6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
  • Prov 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
  • Isa 8:14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Amos 3:5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.