Bible Dictionary: Hunt

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

2. (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.

3. (v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

4. (v. t.) To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

5. (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

6. (v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

7. (v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.

8. (n.) The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

9. (n.) The game secured in the hunt.

10. (n.) A pack of hounds.

11. (n.) An association of huntsmen.

12. (n.) A district of country hunted over.

Greek

2340. thereuo -- to hunt
... to hunt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thereuo Phonetic Spelling:
(thay-ryoo'-o) Short Definition: I hunt, seek to catch Definition: I hunt, seek ...
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735. Artemis -- Artemis, the name of the Gr. goddess of the hunt
... goddess of the hunt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Artemis Phonetic
Spelling: (ar'-tem-is) Short Definition: the Persian or Ephesian Artemis ...
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2614. katadioko -- to pursue closely
... to pursue closely. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katadioko Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ad-ee-o'-ko) Short Definition: I hunt down, follow closely Definition ...
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1559. ekdioko -- to pursue out, ie expel or persecute
... 1559 (from 1537 , "completely out of" and 1377 , "chase") -- properly, pursue,
chase ("hunt down") with and (used only in 1 Thes 2:15). ...
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1376. dioktes -- a persecutor
... Definition: a persecutor. Cognate: 1376 -- a ; one who pursues ("hunt
down"), used only in 1 Tim 1:13. See 1377 (). Word Origin ...
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1377. dioko -- to put to flight, pursue, by impl. to persecute
... 1377 -- properly, chase, like a pursuing a catch (prize). 1377 () is used
("earnestly pursue") and ("zealously persecute, hunt down"). ...
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64. agreuo -- to catch, take by hunting
... entrap, catch. From agra; to hunt, ie (figuratively) to entrap -- catch. see GREEK
agra. (agreusosin) -- 1 Occurrence. 63, 64. agreuo. 65 . Strong's Numbers
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Strong's Hebrew

6679. tsud -- to hunt
... 6678, 6679. tsud. 6680 . to hunt. Transliteration: tsud Phonetic Spelling:
(tsood) Short Definition: hunt. Word Origin a prim. root ...
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6658. tsadah -- to lie in wait
... destroy, hunt, lie in wait A primitive root; to chase; by implication, to desolate --
destroy, hunt, lie in wait. 6657, 6658. tsadah. 6658a . ...
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7078. qenets -- a snare, net
... 7077, 7078. qenets. 7079 . a snare, net. Transliteration: qenets Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-nets) Short Definition: hunt. Word Origin ...
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7291. radaph -- to pursue, chase, persecute
... chase, put to flight, follow after, hunt, be under persecution, pursuer.
A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent ...
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7073. Qenaz -- an Edomite, also two Israelites
... Kenaz. Probably from an unused root meaning to hunt; hunter; Kenaz, the name of
an Edomite and of two Israelites -- Kenaz. 7072, 7073. Qenaz. 7074 . ...
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7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... 5), establishes (1), establishment (1), expected* (1), fasten (1), fix (1), formed
and made (1), gave (2), give (7), grant (1), had (1), hunt* (1), impose (1 ...
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Library

You Chose a Bad Introducer. If You Will Take My Counsel, Both You ...
... man cometh unto the Father but by me.' I lament for you, my brother, if you believe
this; and if you believe it not, I still lament that you hunt through all ...
/.../10 you chose a bad.htm

Letter H
... Thomas "Received 1783, Located 1795 * Humphries, John "Received 1807, Located 1813 *
Humphries, Joshua "Received 1829 * Hunt, Aaron "Received 1791 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter h.htm

The Puritan Beginnings of the Church in virginia ---Its Decline ...
... Rev. Robert Hunt, and all the more radiantly for the dark and discouraging
surroundings in which his ministry was to be exercised. ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter v the puritan beginnings.htm

Preface
... in many ways; to Mr. BP Grenfell, who read the first proof of chapter 7, and enabled
me to strengthen it; and, at last, to Mr. FG Kenyon; to Mr. AC Hunt; to Mr ...
//christianbookshelf.org/ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/preface.htm

The Outlaw
... Yet I am not a losel and idle, mither, nor a thief that steals; I do but hunt God's
cattle, upon God's ain hills; For no man buys and sells the deer, and the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the outlaw.htm

The Red King
... from south to north. So tarry at home, and fast and pray, Lest fiends hunt
thee in the judgment-day.' The monk he vanished where ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the red king.htm

David the Outcast.
... and caves of Engedi. Saul heard of it and took three thousand men to hunt
for him among the rocks of the wild goats. He was very ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxii david the outcast.htm

How Jacob Deceived his Father
... Now, therefore, take your quiver and your bow and go out into the fields and hunt
game for me and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/how jacob deceived his father.htm

He Next Proceeds Further to Object against Himself what is Said on ...
... man, viz., that the irrational animals were created on his account, saying: "If
one were to call us the lords of the animal creation because we hunt the other ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxviii he next proceeds.htm

Thankfulness to God.
... We have dominion over the fishes of the sea, we strew the net and bring them in
for our food; we hunt the whale for his oil and for the fringe of bone in his ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lxiii thankfulness to god.htm

Thesaurus

Ensnare (15 Occurrences)
... 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ...
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Pillows (6 Occurrences)
... 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ...
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Cushions (5 Occurrences)
... say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! ...
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Charms (10 Occurrences)
... 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ...
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Venison (10 Occurrences)
... ven'-iz'-n, ven'-z'-n: Is derived (through the French venaison) from the Latin venari,
"to hunt," and means properly "the spoils of the chase." As, however ...
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Chase (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to
hunt. ... 4. (vi) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. ...
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Kerchiefs (2 Occurrences)
... 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ...
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Joints (7 Occurrences)
... the Lord Jehovah: Wo to those sowing pillows for all joints of the arm, And to those
making the kerchiefs For the head of every stature -- to hunt souls, The ...
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Lengths (2 Occurrences)
... 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ...
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Wolf (4 Occurrences)
... and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus
attack large animals and even man. 2. (a.) One of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Hunt (19 Occurrences)

Genesis 27:3 And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,
(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 31:36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?
(See NIV)

Leviticus 17:13 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 24:11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 26:20 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 10:16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 18:2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Job 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 10:2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 140:11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 6:26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 4:18 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 13:20 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls whom you hunt to make them fly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Amos 9:3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
(See NIV)

Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Hunt

Related Terms

Pillows (6 Occurrences)

Cushions (5 Occurrences)

Charms (10 Occurrences)

Venison (10 Occurrences)

Chase (14 Occurrences)

Kerchiefs (2 Occurrences)

Joints (7 Occurrences)

Lengths (2 Occurrences)

Wolf (4 Occurrences)