יָקֹשׁ

ya.qoshto snareHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb8 occurrences6 books8 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: fowler (lay a) snare.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Deuteronomy 7:25תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ · you will be ensnared
    You 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.
  2. Psalm 124:7י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים · of the fowler
    We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
  3. Psalm 141:9יָ֣קְשׁוּ · they have laid
    Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
  4. 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,
  5. Ecclesiastes 9:12יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ · are ensnared
    For 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.
  6. Isaiah 8:15וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ · they will be ensnared
    Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
  7. Isaiah 28:13וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ · ensnared
    Then 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.
  8. Jeremiah 50:24יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי · I laid a snare
    I 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.