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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #5367 - נָקַשׁ
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2437) sqn (נקסה NQSh) AC: Ensnare CO: ? AB: ?: [from: sq- snare by stealth]
V) sqn (נקסה NQSh) - I. Ensnare:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Knock:[Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) snare, catch, smite - Strongs: H5367 (נָקַשׁ), H5368 (נְקַשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
נָקַשׁ i.q. יָקשׁ (yakosh) and קוֹשׁ to lay snares, Psalms 9:17, בְּפֹעַל כַּפָּיו נוֹקֵשׁ רָשָׁע “with the work of his own hands the wicked lays snares,” sc. for himself. [In Thes. intrans.; and the rendering given to this passage is, “the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.”]
Niphal, to be snared, caught, Deuteronomy 12:30.
Piel i.q. Kal, absol. Psalms 38:13 followed by לְ to lay snares for any one, Psalms 109:11, יִנָּקֵשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ “let the extortioner lay a snare for all that he hath,” i.e. take away all his goods.
Hithpael, to lay a snare for any one, followed by בְּ 1 Samuel 28:9.
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19