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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - “Now therefore, please take your weapons, 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 when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—and indeed he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who hunts and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 - The steps of his strength are shortened,
And his own counsel casts him down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 - For look, they lie in wait for my life;
The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 - They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn innocent blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;[fn]
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them,
A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - “Oh, how Sheshach[fn] is taken!
Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:52 - My enemies without cause
Hunted me down like a bird.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - They tracked our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near;
Our days were over,
For our end had come.
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