UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: θήρα; -ας

Related lemmas: θηρεύω

Sense 1: trap, snare

Semantic entry: 6.24

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Traps, Snares

Definition: a device used for trapping, especially of animals other than birds

Further resources: realia:1.4.1

ROM 11:9: RV ROM 11:9 · LV ROM 11:9 · Read together ROM 11:9

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OET-RV ROM 11:9

9 And as David wrote:
⇔ ‘Let their table become a trap for them—
⇔ a temptation that will pay them back.

OET-LV ROM 11:9

9 And Dawid/(Dāvid) is _saying:
Let _be _become the table of _them for a_snare, and for a_trap, and for an_offense, and for a_repayment to _them.

Sense 2: means of control, way of trapping

Semantic entry: 37.15

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of θήρα[a] ‘trap,’ 6.24: θήρα) an instrument or means for gaining control, implying an element of surprise

Notes: In a number of languages, it is possible to reflect something of the figurative meaning of θήρα by translating this term as a verb, for example, ‘may they be caught and trapped at their feasts’ or ‘may their feasts snare and trap them’ (see 6.24: θήρα).