Lexicon théreuó: to hunt Original Word: θηρεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: théreuó Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ryoo'-o) Short Definition: I hunt, seek to catch Definition: I hunt, seek to catch or entrap; met: I lay hold of. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom théraDefinitionto hunt NASB Translationcatch (1).
Thayer's 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.
Strong's catch. From thera; to hunt (an animal), i.e. (figuratively) to carp at -- catch. see GREEK thera |
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