noun · feminine

thēras

Greekθήρα (thēra)

Strong’sG2339

hunting, entrapping

stem thēr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

trap1×

What it means

θήρα, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX for צַיִד, טֶרֶף, רֶשֶׁת, and cogn. forms;]

1. a hunting, chase (Hdt., Xen., al.).

2. prey, game (cl.).

3. As in Ps 34(35:8) = רֶשֶׁת, a net: Ro 11:9 (but v. Thayer, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2339 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthay'-rah

hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction

Fromfrom θήρ (a wild animal, as game);

King Jamestrap.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	thēras	thērais
object accusative	thēran1×θήραν	thērain
direct address vocative	thērar	thērair
of, belonging to genitive	thērau	thēraiu
to, for dative	thēra	thērai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

thērstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thēra is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

thērem — θηρίον, a wild beast, animal

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

thēran“trap”objectaccusative singular1×

Romans 11:9“trap”kai David legatō; Ginitar tas trapezas autoiu eis pagian kai eis thēran kai eis skandalem kai eis antapodomem autoi,And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.