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Trap

θήραStrong’s G2339

thēra

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Thēra is the Greek word usually translated “trap”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
Romans 11:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “trap”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a trap 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θήρα thēra · 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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “trap” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TRAP, noun

    1. An engine that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as a trap for foxes.
    2. An engine for catching men. [Not used in the U.
    3. An ambush; a stratagem; any device by which men or other animals may be caught unawares.“Let their table be made a snare and a trap” Romans 11:9
    4. A play in which a ball is driven with a stick.
    All definitions and other forms of “trap”

      TRAP, noun

      In mineralogy, a name given to rocks characterized by a columnar form, or whose strata or beds have the form of steps or a series of stairs. Kirwan gives this name to two families of basalt. It is now employed to designate a rock or aggregate in which hornblend predominates, but it conveys no definite idea of any one species; and under this term are comprehended hornblend, hornblend slate, greenstone, greenstone slate, amygdaloid, basalt, wacky, clinkstone porphyry, and perhaps hypersthene rock, augite rock, and some varieties of sienite.

        TRAP, verb transitive

        To catch in a trap; as, to trap foxes or beaver.

        1. To ensnare; to take by stratagem.
        2. To adorn; to dress with ornaments. [See Trappings.] [the verb is little used.]

        TRAP, verb intransitive

        To set traps for game; as, to trap for beaver.

          Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

          Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.