| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| βοράν | a prey | LXX.Job.38.39 |
| carrion | LXX.Job.38.41 | |
| prey | LXX.Job.9.26 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
βορά (bora) carrion G:N-F
βορά, ἡ,
food, properly of carnivorous beasts, ποντίοις δάκεσι δὸς βοράν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cannibal feasts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρεῶν.. οἰκείας βορᾶς of their own flesh served as food, of the children of Thyestes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βορᾶς τοῦ.. Οἰδίπου γόνου food torn from the body of the son of Oedipus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βορᾷ χαίρουσιν ἀνθρωποκτόν; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἐν γαστρὸς β. τὸ χρηστὸν εἶναι in gluttony, [Refs]: less frequently of simple food, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is probably falsa lectio for{φορβά} in [Refs]: g[uglide]er[schwa]-, cf. Sanskrit -gara- in compounds (compare δημο-βόρος, Latin carni-vorus) 'devouring', giráti 'swallow', Latin vorare, Lithuanian gérti 'drink', etc.)