Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3369
יָקֹשׁ
ya.qosh · “to snare”
Used 8 times across 6 books
Definition
1) to lure, entice, snare, lay a snare or lure, set a trap
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lay snares (fig. of devices of wicked)
1a2) fowlers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be ensnared, be caught by a bait
1c) (Pual) to be entrapped
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lay snares (fig. of devices of wicked)
1a2) fowlers (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be ensnared, be caught by a bait
1c) (Pual) to be entrapped
Where it appears
Deuteronomy1
Psalms2
Proverbs1
Ecclesiastes1
Isaiah2
Jeremiah1
In the text
Deuteronomy 7:25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.Proverbs 6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Isaiah 28:13But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
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