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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 - Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - ‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.” Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till it devours its prey and drinks the blood of its victims.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 - The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - The lazy do not roast[fn] any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - This is what the LORD says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the LORD Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2 - The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - “I am against you,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
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