King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G64
Transliteration: agreuō
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-rew'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catch, take by hunting
Meaning: to catch, take by hunting
ἀγρεύω: 1 aorist ή᾿γρευσα; (ἄγρα); to catch (properly, wild animals, fishes): figurative, Mark 12:13 ἵνα αὐτόν ἀγρεύσωσι λόγῳ in order to entrap him by some inconsiderate remark elicited from him in conversation, cf. Luke 20:20. (In Anthol. it often denotes to ensnare in the toils of love, captivate; cf. παγιδεύω, Matthew 22:15; σαγηνεύω, Lucian, Tim. 25.)
Word Summary
agreuō: to catch, take by hunting
Original Word: ἀγρεύωTransliteration: agreuō
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-rew'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catch, take by hunting
Meaning: to catch, take by hunting
Strong's Concordance
entrap, catch. From agra; to hunt, i.e. (figuratively) to entrap -- catch.
see GREEK agra
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 64: ἀγρεύωἀγρεύω: 1 aorist ή᾿γρευσα; (ἄγρα); to catch (properly, wild animals, fishes): figurative, Mark 12:13 ἵνα αὐτόν ἀγρεύσωσι λόγῳ in order to entrap him by some inconsiderate remark elicited from him in conversation, cf. Luke 20:20. (In Anthol. it often denotes to ensnare in the toils of love, captivate; cf. παγιδεύω, Matthew 22:15; σαγηνεύω, Lucian, Tim. 25.)