Strong G2339θήρα
trap
- Transliteration
- thēra
- Pronunciation
- thay'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From θήρ thēr (a wild animal as game);
hunting that is (figuratively) destruction: - trap.
hunting that is (figuratively) destruction: - trap.
Detailed definition
θήρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for צַיִד, טָרַף, רֶשֶׁת, and cogn. forms;]
1. a hunting, chase (Hat., Xen., al.).
2. prey, game (c1.).
3. As in Psa.35:8 = רֶשֶׁת, a net: Rom.11:9 (but see Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX for צַיִד, טָרַף, רֶשֶׁת, and cogn. forms;]
1. a hunting, chase (Hat., Xen., al.).
2. prey, game (c1.).
3. As in Psa.35:8 = רֶשֶׁת, a net: Rom.11:9 (but see Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2339 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- trap1
First verses
- Romans 11:9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θήρα,
Ionic dialect θήρη, ἡ, hunting of wild beasts, the chase, βάν ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.429; αἵμονα θήρης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.49; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 4.114, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.22, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a35; ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14; θ. ποιεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 541a20; τὰς θ. τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.60)]; τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ., ={ὀρνιθευτική}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 220b)]; ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ. fishing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 823d; κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θ. [prev. work] 763b: _plural_, πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θ. ἀγόμεναι, of decoy birds, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 751a14, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.42 W., 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 41.2.)]
b in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 82, 86 (3rd c.BC),compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.5, 7, Wilcken “Chr.” 385.14 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.292 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 metaphorically, eager pursuit of anything, θήραν.. ἔχομεν τόξων, ={θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 840; δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχειν [prev. author] “Aj.” 564; θ. ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 222b, 222c; τοῦ ἡδέος [prev. author] “Grg.” 500d; ἐπιστημῶν [prev. author] “Tht.” 198a, etc.)]
II prey, game, αἶψα δ᾽ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.158, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 251, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1144)]; πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.25)]; θήραν καλήν, of a prisoner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 609: in _plural_, ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι, of birds, [prev. work] 1146 (Lyric poetry))]; τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα watching its prey, of a spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a13.)]
III hunting-ground, preserve, Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.10.)]
IV in Roman times, the games of the Circus, [Refs (epigram Gr. 351.3 (from Nicaea).)]
Ionic dialect θήρη, ἡ, hunting of wild beasts, the chase, βάν ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.429; αἵμονα θήρης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.49; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὴν θήρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 4.114, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.22, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a35; ἐποίησε μεγάλην θήραν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14; θ. ποιεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 541a20; τὰς θ. τῶν ὀρτύγων ἐποιοῦντο 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.60)]; τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ., ={ὀρνιθευτική}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 220b)]; ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ. fishing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 823d; κυνηγεσία καὶ ἡ ἄλλη θ. [prev. work] 763b: _plural_, πέρδικες εἰς τὰς θ. ἀγόμεναι, of decoy birds, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 751a14, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.42 W., 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 41.2.)]
b in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 82, 86 (3rd c.BC),compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.5, 7, Wilcken “Chr.” 385.14 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.292 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 metaphorically, eager pursuit of anything, θήραν.. ἔχομεν τόξων, ={θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 840; δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχειν [prev. author] “Aj.” 564; θ. ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 222b, 222c; τοῦ ἡδέος [prev. author] “Grg.” 500d; ἐπιστημῶν [prev. author] “Tht.” 198a, etc.)]
II prey, game, αἶψα δ᾽ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.158, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 251, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1144)]; πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.25)]; θήραν καλήν, of a prisoner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 609: in _plural_, ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι, of birds, [prev. work] 1146 (Lyric poetry))]; τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα watching its prey, of a spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a13.)]
III hunting-ground, preserve, Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.10.)]
IV in Roman times, the games of the Circus, [Refs (epigram Gr. 351.3 (from Nicaea).)]