King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2339
Transliteration: thēra
Phonetic Spelling: (thay'-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a hunting, prey
Meaning: a hunting, prey
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), Romans 11:9, on which cf. Fritzsche.
Word Summary
thēra: a hunting, prey
Original Word: θήραTransliteration: thēra
Phonetic Spelling: (thay'-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a hunting, prey
Meaning: a hunting, prey
Strong's Concordance
trap. From ther (a wild animal, as game); hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction -- trap.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2339: θήραθήρα (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), Romans 11:9, on which cf. Fritzsche.