Word Summary
thēreuō: to hunt
Original Word: θηρεύωTransliteration: thēreuō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ryoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hunt
Meaning: to hunt
Strong's Concordance
catch.
From thera; to hunt (an animal), i.e. (figuratively) to carp at -- catch.
see GREEK thera
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2340: θηρεύωθηρεύω: 1 aorist infinitive
θηρεῦσαί; (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:
τί ἐκ στόματος τίνος,
Luke 11:54.