θρέμμα
thrémma · G2353 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
Meanings
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livestock, cattle
Domesticated four-footed animals, primarily livestock
ExamplesJohn 4:12 “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons and his cattle?”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πατήρfather 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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In the other Testament 3 words
- פַּר par · H6499 · bull
- θρέμμα (thrémma, G2353) is the generic Greek term for domesticated livestock/stock raised on farms, while פַּר (par, H6499) specifically denotes bovine cattle (bulls, bullocks, oxen, calves); the Hebrew term functions as a Cross-Linguistic Equivalent when Greek θρέμμα refers to cattle specifically in context, though the Greek has broader semantic range encompassing all farm animals.
- בָּקָר bâqâr · H1241 · cattle, oxen
- θρέμμα (thrémma, G2353) θρέμμα denotes domesticated livestock in general (any stock raised on a farm), while בָּקָר (bâqâr, H1241) בָּקָר specifically denotes cattle/bovine animals (oxen, cows, calves, bulls) as a particular category of farm stock.
- תּוֹר tôwr · H8450 · dove, pigeon, turn
- Greek θρέμμα denotes stock/livestock in general (the class raised on a farm), while Hebrew תּוֹר specifically denotes cattle/oxen (a particular type of livestock); the equivalence reflects תּוֹר functioning as the prototypical exemplar of farm-raised stock in agricultural contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Livestock, cattle4.5
- In John 4:12, the Samaritan woman asks Jesus about the well, “our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons and his cattle,” using this word for domesticated herd animals.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θρεμματος, τό (τρέφω), whatever is fed or nursed; hence: 1. a ward, nursling, child…
1. a ward, nursling, child (Sophocles, Euripides, Plato, others).
2. a flock, cattle, especially sheep and goats: Jn 4:12. (Xenophon, oec. 20, 23; Plato, Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others.)
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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