מוֹקֵשׁ

פַּח pach · H6341 · trap, hammered sheets

Both words denote physical trap devices (snare, gin) used for capturing animals or, metaphorically, for ensnaring people.

מָצוֹד mâtsôwd · H4685 · prey, victim, (trammel) net

The target term (מוֹקֵשׁ, a snare or trap device) and מָצוֹד (mâtsôwd, H4685) (also 'net' or 'snare', though with a broader range including fortifications and weapons) overlap in the sense of a snare or trap.

רֶשֶׁת resheth · H7568 · net, mesh(work)

Both words denote physical trapping or snaring devices used to capture prey or enemies, and could overlap in sense and usage context, both centering on instruments for capturing or ensnaring.

מַלְכֹּדֶת malkôdeth · H4434 · trap

Both words denote physical trapping devices (snare, trap, gin), and are substitutable words for the same instrument.

σκάνδαλον skándalon · G4625 · trap, that which causes someone to sin, one who causes someone to sin

Greek σκάνδαλον renders Hebrew מוֹקֵשׁ in contexts where both denote a trap or snare, though σκάνδαλον developed stronger figurative extension toward 'stumbling block/offense' in NT usage while מוֹקֵשׁ retained closer connection to literal trapping devices.

παγίς pagís · G3803 · trap, snare, danger

Greek παγίς renders Hebrew מוֹקֵשׁ as both translate the core concept of a trap/snare device, with παγίς maintaining both the literal (noose/notch-fastened trap) and figurative (temptation/stratagem) semantic range that corresponds to מוֹקֵשׁ's own literal and metaphorical trap usage.

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מוֹקֵשׁ names a snare or trap set to catch prey or an unwary person, and is frequently used figuratively of anything — an idol, an alliance, a temptation — that ensnares Israel.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.