מוֹקֵשׁ
môwqêsh · mo-kashe'
a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ);
a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
- a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, a hook (for the nose)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹקֵשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the snares2 · 7%
- snares2 · 7%
- from the snares2 · 7%
- a snare2 · 7%
- unto him, how long shall this man be a snare1 · 4%
- it will surely be a snare1 · 4%
- lest it be for a snare1 · 4%
- for that will be a snare1 · 4%
- and traps1 · 4%
- shall be a snare1 · 4%
- it: which thing became a snare1 · 4%
- him her, that she may be a snare1 · 4%
- be ensnared1 · 4%
- let it become a trap1 · 4%
- which were a snare1 · 4%
- gins1 · 4%
- for me, and the gins1 · 4%
- is snared1 · 4%
- are the snare1 · 4%
- it is a snare1 · 4%
- there is a snare1 · 4%
- and for a snare1 · 4%
- where no gin1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.