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Ambush

3Greek/Hebrew entries
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Priority Greek/Hebrew Meanings

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Greek G1749 énedron

Original: ἔνεδρον

Meaning:
neuter of the same as ἐνέδρα; an ambush, i.e. (figuratively) murderous design:--lying in wait.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: an ambush, i.e. (figuratively) murderous design:--lying in wait.

Hebrew H693 ʼârab

Original: אָרַב

Meaning:
a primitive root; to lurk; (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Hebrew H3993 maʼărâb

Original: מַאֲרָב

Meaning:
from אָרַב; an ambuscade; lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

Verses containing this word showing 7 of 7
Joshua 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. Open
Joshua 8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. Open
Joshua 8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. Open
Joshua 8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. Open
Joshua 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. Open
Joshua 8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. Open
Joshua 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. Open

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