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G2339

θήρα

thēraG:N-F

trap

θήρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX for צַיִד, טָרַף, רֶשֶׁת, and cogn. forms ;] __1. a hunting, chase (Hat., Xen., al.). __2. prey, game (c1.). __3. As in Psa.35:8 = רֶשֶׁת, a net: Rom.11:9 (but see Thayer, see word).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2339 in the following manner:

trap (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

θήρα — thḗra

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), Rom 11:9, on which cf. Fritzsche.

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