Strong's Hebrew · H3369
H3369 yâqôsh
יָקֹשׁ
yaw-koshe'
to snare
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yâqôsh appears 8 times in Scripture, in Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah and Jeremiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to ensnare (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
fowler (lay a) snare.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.”
“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.”
“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.”
“if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,”
“Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.”
“Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.””
“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.”
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
