יָקֹשׁ (ya.qosh) means “to snare” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-koshe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָקֹשׁ · ya.qosh · to snare
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
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a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: fowler (lay a) snare.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| are ensnared | 1 |
| ensnared | 1 |
| i laid a snare | 1 |
| if you have been trapped | 1 |
| of the fowler | 1 |
| they have laid | 1 |
| they will be ensnared | 1 |
| you will be ensnared | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and be snared | 1 |
| and snared | 1 |
| i have laid a snare | 1 |
| of the fowlers | 1 |
| snared | 1 |
| they have laid | 1 |
| thou art snared | 1 |
| unto thee lest thou be snared | 1 |
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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.
Read word by wordWe have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Read word by wordKeep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Read word by wordif you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordMany will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
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