Quick Definition
huntingentrapping
Strong's Definition
hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction
Derivation: from (a wild animal, as game);
KJV Usage: trap
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θήρα (Latinfera; perhaps from root to run, spring, prey, Vanicek, p. 415; cf. Curtius, § 314), θήρας, ἡ; from Homer down; a hunting of wild beasts to destroy them; hence, figuratively, of preparing destruction for men (A. V. a trap), Rom_11:9, on which cf. Fritzsche.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θήρα thēra 1x
hunting, the chase; met. means of capture, a cause of destruction, Rom_11:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θήρα , -ας , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H6718 , H2963 , H7568 , and cogn . forms;]
1. a hunting, chase (Hat., Xen ., al. ).
2. prey, game (c1.).
3. As in Psa_35:8 = H7568 , a net: Rom_11:9 (but v. Thayer , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θήρα [page 291]
PSI IV. 350 .4 (B.C. 254 3) ἐμοὶ δὲ τῶι ὄντι πρὸς τῆι θήραι εὐτάκτως ἐφέλκεται τὰ ὀψώνια , P Tebt II. 612 ( c ) (i/ii A.D.) θήρας ἀγρι̣ω̣ν Τεβ [τ ]ύνεως : in P Hamb I. 6 .11 (A.D. 129) μηδὲν ἀπὸ θή [ρ ]ας ἰχθύας π̣εριγεγονέναι μεχρὶ ν̣ῦν , the reference is to the tax paid on fish caught in Lake Moeris, cf. PSI II. 160 .8 (A.D. 149). See also OGIS 82 .6 (end of iii/B.C.) στρατηγὸς ἀποσταλεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν ἐλεφάντων τὸ δεύτερον , Preisigke 285 .2 (Ptol.) οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι κυνηγοὶ ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν τράγων .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
θήρα "a hunting of wild beasts, the chase", Hom. , Hdt. , etc. metaph. "eager pursuit" of anything, Soph. "the beast taken, spoil, booty, prey, game", Od. , Aesch. , etc; in pl., ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι, of birds, Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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