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Lexicon :: Strong's G2339 - thēra

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θήρα
Transliteration
thēra (Key)
Pronunciation
thay'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ther (a wild animal, as game)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
24x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

θήρα thḗra, thay'-rah; from θήρ thḗr (a wild animal, as game); hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction:—trap.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2339 in the following manner: trap (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2339 in the following manner: trap (1x).

  1. a hunting of wild beasts to destroy them

  2. metaph. of preparing destruction for men

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θήρα thḗra, thay'-rah; from θήρ thḗr (a wild animal, as game); hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction:—trap.
STRONGS G2339:
θήρα [Latin fera; perhaps from root to run, spring, prey, Vanicek, p. 415; cf. Curtius § 314], -ας, ἡ; from Homer down; a hunting of wild beasts to destroy them; hence, figuratively, of preparing destruction for men, [A. V. a trap], Romans 11:9, on which cf. Fritzsche.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
11:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2339 matches the Greek θήρα (thēra),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - Now then take thy weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - (LXX 22:12) And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - (LXX 16:12) They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - (LXX 34:8) Let a snare which they know not come upon them: and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - (LXX 123:6) Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - (LXX 131:15) I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a [fn]blameless man is a precious possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, even upon her mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2 - which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Ephraim, even as I saw, gave their children for a prey; yea, Ephraim was ready to bring out his children to slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a lion's whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - (LXX 2:13) The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his young lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - (LXX 2:14) Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up thy multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy lions; and I will utterly destroy thy prey from off the land, and thy deeds shall no more at all be heard of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.
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