Quick Definition
θήρα, ας, ἡ n.f. hunting, entrapping
Strong's Definition
hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction
Derivation: from (a wild animal, as game);
KJV Usage: trap
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | θηρεύω
6.24 · Artifacts · Traps, Snares
trap, snare a device used for trapping, especially of animals other than birds
37.15 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
means of control, way of trapping (figurative extension of meaning of θήρα[a] ‘trap,’ 6.24) an instrument or means for gaining control, implying an element of surprise In a number of languages, it is possible to reflect something of the figurative meaning of θήρα by translating this term as a verb, for example, ‘may they be caught and trapped at their feasts’ or ‘may their feasts snare and trap them’ (see 6.24).
1 ROM 11:9 In ROM 11:9 παγίς (6.23), θήρα (6.24), and σκάνδαλον (6.25) are all treated as having literal meanings, whereas the passage as a whole is figurative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 צַיִד, טֶרֶף, רֶשֶׁת, and cogn. forms;]
a hunting, chase (Hdt., Xen., al.).
prey, game (cl.).
As in Ps 34(35:8) = רֶשֶׁת, a net: Ro 11:9 (but v. Thayer, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θήρα. PST IV. 3504 (B.C. 254-3) ἐμοὶ δὲ τῶι ὄντι πρὸς τῆι θήραι εὐτάκτως ἐφέλκεται τὰ ὀψώνια, P Tebt II. 612 (2) (i/ii A.D.) θήρας ἀγρίων Τεβ[τ]ύνεως : in P Hamb I. 6" (a.p, 129) μηδὲν ἀπὸ θή[ρ]ας ἰχθύας περιγεγονέναι μεχρὶ viv, the reference is to the tax paid on fish caught in Lake Moeris, cf. PSI II. 1608 (A.p. 149). See also OG/S 825 (end of ii/B.C.) στρατηγὸς ἀποσταλεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν ἐλεφάντων τὸ δεύτερον, “γεἰτέράε 285% (Ptol.) οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι κυνηγοὶ ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν τράγων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θήρα (thēra) — trap. θήρα, Ionic dialect θήρη, ἡ, hunting of wild beasts, the chase, βάν ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶσι ἀπὸ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ πτηνοῦ γένους θ., ={ὀρνιθευτική}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ θάλατταν θ. fishing, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b in Ptolemaic Egypt, στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. τῶν ἐλεφάντων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, eager pursuit of anything, θήραν.. ἔχομεν τόξων, ={θηρῶμεν τὰ τόξα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. prey, game, αἶψα δ᾽ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὶν κινεῖσθαι τὴν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θήραν καλήν, of a prisoner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. ἐπὶ τοῦ μέσου τηροῦσα watching its prey, of a spider, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. hunting-ground, preserve, Ἁδριανοῦ θῆραι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. in Roman times, the games of the Circus, [Refs]