Definition

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

Etymology

or מֹקֵשׁ; from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

• be ensnared
• gin
• (is) snare(-d)
• trap

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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