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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

#61 - ἄγρα

Transliteration

ágra

Phonetics

ag'-rah

Origin

from (G71)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

a catching, hunting
that which is taken in hunting, the booty, prey
1. of birds or beasts, game
2. of fish, a draught or haul

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Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄγρα, Ion. ἄγρη, ἡ,

1. hunting, the chase, (never in Il.), ἄγρην ἐφέπειν Od. 12.330; χαίρουσι δέ τ' ἀνέρες ἄγρῃ 22.306; ἐς ἄγρας ἰέναι E. Supp. 885; ἄ. ἀνθρώπων Pl. Lg. 823e; ἁλιαδᾶν ἔχων ἀΰπνους ἄγρας S. Aj. 880 (lyr.).

2. way of catching, Pi. N. 3.81, Hdt. 2.70.

II quarry, prey, Hes. Th. 442; ἄγραν ὤλεσα A. Eu. 148 (lyr.); εὔκερως ἄ. S. Aj. 64, cf. 407 (pl.); Μελέαγρε, μελέαν γάρ ποτ' ἀγρεύεις ἄ. E. Fr. 517; game, Hdt. 1.73, etc.; of fish, draught, take, Luke 5:9 : metaph., δορὸς ἄγρα A. Th. 322 (lyr.).

III Ἄγρα, ἡ, title of Artemis at Athens, Pl. Phdr. 229c; τὰ ἐν Ἄγρας (sc. μυστήρια) Paus. Gr. Fr. 13; τὰ πρὸς Ἄγραν IG 2.315; μήτηρ ἐν Ἄγρας ib.273: — also Ἄγραι, αἱ, the precinct of Artemis Agra, Paus. 1.19.6, St. Byz., AB 334, etc. (With ἄγρα: ἄγρια cf. θήρα: θηρία.)

* ἄγρα , -ας , ἡ (<ἄγω ),

1. the chase, a hunting or catching: Luke 5:4.

2. that which is taken, a catch: of fish, Luke 5:9.†

List of Word Forms

αγρα άγρα ἄγρᾳ αγραν άγραν ἄγραν agra ágrāi agran ágran

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