3369. yaqosh

Strong's Lexicon

yaqosh: To ensnare, to trap, to lay a snare

Original Word: יָקֹשׁ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yaqosh
Pronunciation: yah-KOHSH
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-koshe')
Definition: To ensnare, to trap, to lay a snare
Meaning: to ensnare

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to lay a bait or lure
NASB Translation
ensnared (1), set (1), set a snare (1), snared (4), trapper (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָקשׁ] verb lay a bait or lure (see מוֺקֵשׁ), then Generally lay snares (see also נקשׁ, קוֺשׁ) —

Qal Perfect יָק֫שְׁתִּי Jeremiah 50:24; יָָֽקְשׁוּ Psalm 141:9; Participle plural יוֺקְשִׁים Psalm 124:7; — lay snares, figurative of devices of wicked Psalm 141:9 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); of ׳יs plan to destroy Babylon Jeremiah 50:24 יקשׁתי לך וגם נלכדר; Participle as substantive bait-layers, fowlers Psalm 124:7 (compare Psalm 141:9) simile

Niph`al Perfect נוֺקַ֫שְׁתָּ Proverbs 6:2; וְנוֺקְשׁוּ consecutive Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13; Imperfect2masculine singular תִּוָּקֵשׁ Deuteronomy 7:25; be caught by a bait, ensnared, in business entanglements Proverbs 6:2; in disastrous consequences of idolatry Deuteronomy 7:25 ("" נלכד); of those ensnared by ׳יs plans (followed by ונלכדו) Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13.

Pu`al Participle יוּקָשִׁים (for מְיוּקָשִׁים, unless this should be read: Ges^{§ 52}. R. 6; Sta^{§ 220}): entrapped, in circumstances of life Ecclesiastes 9:12.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fowler lay a snare

A primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively) -- fowler (lay a) snare.

Forms and Transliterations

וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ ונוקשו י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים יָ֣קְשׁוּ יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ יוקשים יקשו יקשתי נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ נוקשת תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ תוקש nō·w·qaš·tā noKashta nōwqaštā tivvaKesh tiw·wā·qêš tiwwāqêš venokShu wə·nō·wq·šū wənōwqšū yā·qə·šū yā·qō·šə·tî Yakeshu yaKosheti yāqəšū yāqōšətî yō·wq·šîm yokShim yōwqšîm yū·qā·šîm yukaShim yūqāšîm

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 7:25
HEB: לָ֔ךְ פֶּ֚ן תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ בּ֔וֹ כִּ֧י
NAS: it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination
KJV: [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination
INT: take or will be snared for is an abomination

Psalm 124:7
HEB: נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר
NAS: out of the snare of the trapper; The snare
KJV: out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare
INT: has escaped of the snare of the trapper the snare is broken

Psalm 141:9
HEB: מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת
NAS: of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares
KJV: me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins
INT: the jaws of the trap have set the snares do

Proverbs 6:2
HEB: נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־ פִ֑יךָ
NAS: [If] you have been snared with the words
KJV: Thou art snared with the words
INT: have been snared the words of your mouth

Ecclesiastes 9:12
HEB: בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם
NAS: of men are ensnared at an evil
KJV: of men snared in an evil
INT: A snare so are ensnared the sons of men

Isaiah 8:15
HEB: וְנָפְל֣וּ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ ס
NAS: and be broken; They will even be snared and caught.
KJV: and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
INT: will fall and be broken will even be snared and caught

Isaiah 28:13
HEB: אָחוֹר֙ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ פ
NAS: be broken, snared and taken captive.
KJV: and be broken, and snared, and taken.
INT: backward be broken snared and taken

Jeremiah 50:24
HEB: יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי לָ֤ךְ וְגַם־
NAS: I set a snare for you and you were also
KJV: I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken,
INT: set were also caught

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3369
8 Occurrences

nō·w·qaš·tā — 1 Occ.
tiw·wā·qêš — 1 Occ.
wə·nō·wq·šū — 2 Occ.
yā·qə·šū — 1 Occ.
yā·qō·šə·tî — 1 Occ.
yō·wq·šîm — 1 Occ.
yū·qā·šîm — 1 Occ.