Lexical Definition

‎מוֹקֵשׁ‎ môwqêsh (mo-kashe') snare ^H:N-M
or מֹקֵשׁ môqêsh (mo-kashe'); from ‎יָקֹשׁ‎

be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

• a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively)
• by implication, a hook (for the nose)

1) bait, lure, snare

See Greek: βρόχος · παγίς · παγίς · πρόσκομμα · σκάνδαλον · σκληρότης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺקֵשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Prov 12:13} properly a bait or lure in a fowler's net; then figurative snare — absolute ‎מוֺקֵשׁ‎ Exod 10:7 + 15 t.; construct Prov 18:7; Prov 20:25 plural ‎מוֺקְשִׁים‎ Ps 64:6*; Job 40:24 ‎מֹקְשִׁים‎ Ps 140:6* construct ‎מוֺקְשֵי‎ Ps 18:6* + 3 t.; ‎מֹקְשֵׁי‎ 2Sam 22:6 f. ‎מֹקְשׁוֺת‎ Ps 141:9 bait or lure, in a net for birds Amos 3:5 will not pierce nostril of hippopotamus Job 40:24 elsewhere figurative of what allures and entraps any one to disaster or ruin; Moses a snare to Egyptians Exod 10:7 (J); ‎מוֺקְשֵׁי עָם‎ Job 34:30, of men who are the ruin of their people; idols and idol-worship a pernicious lure to Israel Exod 23:33 (JE), Deut 7:16; Judg 2:3; Judg 8:27; Ps 106:36 so alliances with Canaanites Exod 34:12 (JE), Josh 23:13 (D); Michal, to David 1Sam 18:21 of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as cause of ruin to evildoers Isa 8:14 of plots of wicked Ps 64:6*; Ps 140:6* (verb ‎שִׁית‎; || ‎פַּח‎, ‎חֲבָלִים‎, ‎רֶשֶׁת‎), Ps 141:9 (|| ‎פַּח‎); a lure or snare for wicked in their transgressions Prov 29:6; Ps 69:23* (|| ‎פַּח‎); consisting in transgressions of lips Prov 12:13, compare Prov 18:7; Prov 20:25 in wrathfulness Prov 22:25 in fear of man Prov 29:25 ‎מָוֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 18:6* = 2Sam 22:6 (|| ‎חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֺל‎), Prov 13:14; Prov 14:27.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References