BDB3704
יָקוּשׁ noun [masculine] id.; פַּח יָקוּשׁ Ps 91:3 כְּצִפּוֺר מִיַּד יָקוּשׁ Prov 6:5 plural יְקוּשִׁים Jer 5:26 (in simile)
Strong's Lexicon
H3353
H3353 — יָקוּשׁ
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3353 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָקוּשׁ |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | passive participle of H3369 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | yaquwsh |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-koosh' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) entangled 2. (by implication) (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer |
| KJV Renderings: | fowler, snare. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
יקוש (yah-koosh’)
Psalms 91:3
- KJV: Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- EHCC: deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
Proverbs 6:5
- KJV: Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- EHCC: a bird from the hand of the fowler.