verb
thēreuamō
Strong’sG2340
I hunt, seek to catch
stem thēreu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
θηρεύω
(< θήρα), [in LXX for צוּד, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2340 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthay-ryoo'-o
to hunt (an animal), i.e. (figuratively) to carp at
Fromfrom G2339;
King Jamescatch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist 1 ἐθήρευσα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect τεθήρευκα Refs:—middle, future -σομαιRefs: aorist ἐθηρευσάμην Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, perfect τεθήρευμαι Lysipp.Comedy texts Refs: aorist ἐθηρεύθην Refs 5th c.BC+:—hunt, θηρεύοντα while hunting, Refs 8th c.BC+; θηρεύειν διὰ κενῆς, of the motions of the hands of dying persons, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 decoy, Refs 4th c.BC+
II with accusative, hunt after, chase, catch, ἀττελέβους Refs 5th c.BC+; θηρία, ὄρνιθας ἀγρίας, μῦν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὶχθῦς Refs 4th c.BC+; [ἐλέφαντας] Refs 3rd c.BC+; of men, Refs 5th c.BC+; Τιτυὸν βέλος θήρευσε it hit, struck him, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be hunted, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be preyed upon, Refs; to be caught, πέδαις Refs 4th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be captivated, Lysipp.Comedy texts Refs
II.2 metaphorically, hunt, seek after, κερδέων μέτρον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡδονάς, ἐπιστήμην, Refs 5th c.BC+; [εὐδαιμονίαν] Refs 4th c.BC+; ὀνόματα, ῥήματα, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. τὸν πλησίον, of an orator, Refs 5th c.BC+ —Trag. preferred θηράω, except where metre demanded θηρεύω.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| thēreuaraθηρεῦσαί | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | catch | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēreuamō | thēreuame | thēreuami | thēreuama | thēreuamē | thēreuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | thēreuasō | thēreuase | thēreuasi | thēreuasa | thēreuasē | thēreuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēreuatō | thēreuate | thēreuati | thēreuata | thēreuatē | thēreuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | thēreuanō | thēreuane | thēreuani | thēreuana | thēreuanē | thēreuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēreuavō | thēreuave | thēreuavi | thēreuava | thēreuavē | thēreuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | thēreualō | thēreuale | thēreuali | thēreuala | thēreualē | thēreualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēreuameiō | thēreuameia | thēreuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | thēreuaseiō | thēreuaseia | thēreuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēreuateiō | thēreuateia | thēreuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | thēreuaneiō | thēreuaneia | thēreuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēreuaveiō | thēreuaveia | thēreuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | thēreualeiō | thēreualeia | thēreualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | thēreuasōr | thēreuasar | thēreuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēreuatōr | thēreuatar | thēreuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēreuavōr | thēreuavar | thēreuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | thēreualōr | thēreualar | thēreualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēreuamoiō | thēreuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | thēreuasoiō | thēreuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēreuatoiō | thēreuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | thēreuanoiō | thēreuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēreuavoiō | thēreuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | thēreualoiō | thēreualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thēreuarō | thēreuari | thēreuara1×θηρεῦσαί | thēreuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thēreuarōntos | thēreuarintos | thēreuarantos | thēreuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
thēreu 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
thēreuara“catch”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Luke 11:54enedreuarōntois auton thēreuara tinem ek teu stomeu autou.waiting to catch Him in something He might say.