ΘΗΡΑΣ, θηρας
THĒRAS, thēras
Sounds Like: thay-RAS
Translations: of a wild beast, of a wild animal, of prey, wild beasts, wild animals, prey, a wild beast, a wild animal
From the root: ΘΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a wild beast or wild animal, often one that is predatory or dangerous. It can also refer to the concept of prey. It is used to describe animals that are not domesticated, and can be used in a general sense to refer to such creatures.
Inflection: Masculine, Genitive Singular or Accusative Plural
Strong’s number: G2342 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 27:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 27:19, 27:25, 27:30, 27:31
- 2 Maccabees — 11:9
- Proverbs — 11:8, 12:27
- Wisdom — 11:18
- Sirach — 36:24
- Nahum — 2:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΗΡ — wild beast, beast, animal, a wild beast, an animal
- ΘΗΡΕΣ — wild beasts, beasts, animals
- ΘΗΡΕΥΜΑ — prey, game, a catch, a hunted animal
- ΘΗΡΕΥΤΙΚΟΣ — hunting, of hunting, pertaining to hunting, skilled in hunting
- ΘΗΡΟΣ — (of) wild beast, (of) beast, (of) animal
- ΘΗΡΣΙΝ — (to) wild beasts, (to) wild animals, (to) beasts
- ΘΗΡΩΝ — of wild beasts, of beasts, of animals
- ΤΗΡΙΟΝ — wild beast, animal, beast, a wild beast, an animal, a beast
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