Yâqûwsh — H3353

Definition

masculine noun

properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer

1. fowler, trapper, bait-layer

Usually translated as

fowler, snare

Origin

passive participle of H3369

• Yâqôsh (H3369)

Occurrences

Yâqûwsh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Psalms 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler (יָק֗וּשׁ), and from the noisome pestilence.
• Proverbs 6:5 — Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler (יָקֽוּשׁ).
• Jeremiah 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares (יְקוּשִׁ֔ים); they set a trap, they catch men.