- Original: θήρα - Transliteration: thera - Phonetic: thay'-rah - Definition: 1. a hunting of wild beasts to destroy them 2. metaph. of preparing destruction for men - Origin: from ther (a wild animal, as game) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From θήρ thēr (a wild animal as game); hunting that is (figuratively) destruction: - trap. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • trap, 1 Romans 11:9