קוֹשׁ
qôwsh · H6983 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Trap, snareHunting74 verses
Meanings
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to entrap or ensnare
The action by which someone places a trap in order to catch an animal, associated with aggression and control
ExamplesIsaiah 29:21 Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ יָכַחto rebuke, to reprove 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- יָקֹשׁ yâqôsh · H3369 · to entrap, to ensnare
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to lay a snare' or 'to ensnare.' Both קוֹשׁ and יָקַשׁ denote the action of setting a trap or snare, with יָקַשׁ being the more common term in Biblical Hebrew for this concept.
Contrasting words 1 word
- נָצַל nâtsal · H5337 · remove (violently), to pluck out, to snatch from
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to deliver' or 'to rescue.' The action of snatching someone away to safety is the opposite of laying a snare to capture or trap them.
In the other Testament 2 words
- παγιδεύω pagideúō · G3802 · to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
- Greek verb meaning 'to ensnare' or 'to trap,' a direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew קוֹשׁ 'lay a snare.' Both denote the action of setting a trap or snare.
- θηρεύω thēreúō · G2340 · to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
- Greek verb meaning 'to hunt' or 'to catch,' used metaphorically for ensnaring or trapping. Functions as a translation equivalent for laying a snare or trap.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Control002003002007
- The word means to lay a snare, illustrated by those who set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate to manipulate a legal outcome (Isaiah 29:21).
Word family 1 word
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6983. qush [קוּשׁ] verb lay bait or lure (|| √ of יקשׁ); — Qal Imperfect3masculine…
[קוּשׁ] verb lay bait or lure (|| √ of יקשׁ); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יְקשׁוּן Isa 29:21, with ל person (figurative).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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