Yaqosh יָקֹשׁ
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| יָקֹשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yaqosh |
| Strong's number | H3369 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to snare |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Yaqosh (Hebrew יָקֹשׁ, Strong's H3369) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to snare”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
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
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | snared (5), fowlers (1), laid (1), snare (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | you will be ensnared (1), fowler (1), they have laid (1), if you have been trapped (1), are ensnared (1), they will be ensnared (1), ensnared (1), i laid a snare (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yaqosh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- 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.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.
Psalms
- Psalm 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Psalm 141:9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Ecclesiastes
- 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.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.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
- 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.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.
Jeremiah
- 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.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).