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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 [fn]he had an appetite for hunted game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - “So now, please take up your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 -

Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau. Then Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - ‘Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat and bless you in the presence of Yahweh before my death.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Rise up, please, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - So he said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine, and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

Now it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac [fn]trembled exceedingly violently and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? Indeed, he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - “Now if it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 -

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness,

And as a lion it lifts itself;

It will not lie down until it devours the prey,

And drinks the blood of the slain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 -

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,

And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,

And let the net, which he hid, catch him;

Let him fall into it in destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 -

Blessed be Yahweh,

Who has not given us to be prey for their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 -

“I will abundantly bless her provision;

I will satisfy her needy with bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:8 -

The righteous is rescued from [fn]distress,

But the wicked [fn]takes his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 -

A slack handed man does not [fn]roast his prey,

But the wealth of a man is precious for the diligent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 -

For thus says Yahweh to me,

“As the lion or the young lion growls over its prey,

Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,

And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,

So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:2 -

And the revolters have dug deep into slaughtering,

But I will chastise all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 -

Ephraim, as I have seen,

Is planted in a pasture like Tyre;

But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 -

Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey?

Does a young lion give forth its voice from its den unless it has captured something?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 -

The lion tore enough for its cubs

And strangled enough for its lionesses

And filled its lairs with torn up prey

And its dens with torn up flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 -

“Behold, I am against you,” declares Yahweh of hosts. “And I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 -

Woe to the city of [fn]bloodshed, completely full of deception and pillage;

Her prey never departs.

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