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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 Box Gen 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD’s presence before I die.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the remains of the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no compensation will be required.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - These people rise up like a lioness,
like a majestic lion rousing itself.
They refuse to rest
until they have feasted on prey,
drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
like young lions hiding in ambush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Praise the LORD,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will bless this city and make it prosperous;
I will satisfy its poor with food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - But this is what the LORD has told me:
“When a strong young lion
stands growling over a sheep it has killed,
it is not frightened by the shouts and noise
of a whole crowd of shepherds.
In the same way, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2 - You have dug a deep pit to trap them at Acacia Grove.[fn]
But I will settle with you for what you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion ever roar in a thicket
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore up meat for his cubs
and strangled prey for his mate.
He filled his den with prey,
his caverns with his plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - “I am your enemy!”
says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“Your chariots will soon go up in smoke.
Your young men[fn] will be killed in battle.
Never again will you plunder conquered nations.
The voices of your proud messengers will be heard no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - What sorrow awaits Nineveh,
the city of murder and lies!
She is crammed with wealth
and is never without victims.
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