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Lexicon :: Strong's G2340 - thēreuō

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θηρεύω
Transliteration
thēreuō (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-ryoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

θηρεύω thēreúō, thay-ryoo'-o; from G2339; to hunt (an animal), i.e. (figuratively) to carp at:—catch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2340 in the following manner: catch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2340 in the following manner: catch (1x).

  1. to go a hunting, to hunt, to catch in hunting

  2. metaph. to lay wait for, strive to ensnare, catch artfully

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θηρεύω thēreúō, thay-ryoo'-o; from G2339; to hunt (an animal), i.e. (figuratively) to carp at:—catch.
STRONGS G2340:
θηρεύω: 1 aorist infinitive θηρεῦσαι; (from θήρα, as ἀγρεύω from ἄγρα [cf. Schmidt, chapter 72, 3]); from Homer down; to go a hunting, to hunt, to catch in hunting; metaphorically, to lay wait for, strive to ensnare; to catch artfully: τὶ ἐκ στόματός τινος, Luke 11:54.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
11:54

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Strong's Number G2340 matches the Greek θηρεύω (thēreuō),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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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 27:33

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 BoxLev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 - Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 - (LXX 58:4) For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 - (LXX 93:21) They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - (LXX 123:7) Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - Behold, I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send many hunters, and they shall hunt them upon every mountain, and upon every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - (LXX 28:41) How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - Tsade. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - We have hunted for our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. Koph. Our time has drawn nigh, our days are fulfilled, our time is come.
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