θηρεύω
thēreúō · G2340 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
(Figurative extension of meaning of term meaning literally ‘to hunt,’ ‘to trap,’ not occurring in the NT) To acquire information about an error or fault, with the purpose of causing harm or trouble
ExamplesLuke 11:54 plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τὶςsomeone 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom+ στόμαmouth 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- παγιδεύω pagideúō · G3802 · to trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake
- θηρεύω and παγιδεύω ("to ensnare," figuratively) share the narrow sense of trapping or catching someone off guard; both describe figurative verbal entrapment, attempting to ensnare someone through speech.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To trap, to catch off guard, to catch in a mistake27.30
- In Luke 11:54, of the scribes and Pharisees plotting against Jesus, it is written that they were “lying in wait for Him to catch Him in something He might say,” using this verb for trying to trap someone in a mistake.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist infinitive θηρεῦσαί; (from θήρα, as ἀγρεύω from ἄγρα (cf. Schmidt, chapter 72,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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