Strong's Definition
or moqesh {mo-kashe'}; from 3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively): by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV Usage: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מוֹקֵשׁ (mo.qesh) — snare. bait, lure, snare
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · יקשׁ
Traps | ≈ חֶבֶל · פַּח · רֶשֶׁת
trap = contraption; ► used for catching animals; ≈ associated with aggression and control
EXO 10:7 · EXO 23:33 · EXO 34:12 · DEU 7:16 · JOS 23:13 · JDG 2:3 · JDG 8:27 · 1SA 18:21 · 2SA 22:6 · JOB 34:30 · JOB 40:24 · PSA 18:6 · PSA 64:6 · PSA 69:23 · PSA 106:36 · PSA 140:6 · PSA 141:9 · PRO 12:13 · PRO 13:14 · PRO 14:27 · PRO 18:7 · PRO 20:25 · PRO 21:6 · PRO 22:25 · PRO 29:6 · PRO 29:25 · ISA 8:14 · AMO 3:5
1 PRO 21:6 LXX "παγίδας θανάτου" VUL "laqueos mortis" RSV NRSV REB ESV "snare(s) of death" NIV "deathly snare" | MT מְבַקְשֵׁי־מָוֶת NJPS "heading for extinction" NJB "those who look for death"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מוֹקֵשׁ n.m. prop. a bait or lure in a fowler's net; then fig. a snare base