Definition
a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: fowler (lay a) snare.
Traditional renderings: fowler (lay a) snare.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Deuteronomy 7:25תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ · you will be ensnaredYou must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Psalm 124:7י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים · of the fowlerWe have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Psalm 141:9יָ֣קְשׁוּ · they have laidKeep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Proverbs 6:2נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ · if you have been trapped…if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
- Ecclesiastes 9:12יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ · are ensnaredFor surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Isaiah 8:15וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ · they will be ensnaredMany will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
- Isaiah 28:13וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ · ensnaredThen the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Jeremiah 50:24יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי · I laid a snareI laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.