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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 -

“So now take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 -

Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 -

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 -

“Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 -

His powerful stride is shortened,

and his own schemes trip him up.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 -

Can you hunt prey for a lioness

or satisfy the appetite of young lions

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 -

Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me.

Powerful men attack me,

but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 -

They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 -

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;

the net is torn, and we have escaped.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 -

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 -

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.

A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.

A leopard stalks their cities.

Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces

because their rebellious acts are many,

their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 -

“I am about to send for many fishermen” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 -

How Sheshak[fn] has been captured,

the praise of the whole earth seized.

What a horror Babylon has become

among the nations!

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 -

For no reason, my enemies[fn]

hunted me like a bird.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 -

Our steps were closely followed

so that we could not walk in our streets.

Our end approached; our time ran out.

Our end had come!

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