King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2340
Transliteration: thēreuō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ryoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hunt
Meaning: to hunt
θηρεύω: 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.
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.