Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H693

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Original: ארב

Transliteration: arab ('ârab)

Phonetic: aw-rab'

BDB Definition:

to lie in wait, ambush, lurk
1. (Qal)
  1. to lie in wait
  2. ambush (participle as subst)
2. (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (plural participle)
3. (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 156

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to lurk: - (lie in) ambush (-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (40x)

Against Me, To Lie In Wait (2x)

Ambushments (1x)

And Laid Wait (1x)

And Lie In Wait (2x)

And Lieth In Wait (1x)

And Of Such As Lay In Wait (1x)

And The Ambush (1x)

And The Liers In Wait (3x)

And They Laid Wait (1x)

And They Lay Wait (1x)

For, Lo, They Lie In Wait (1x)

From The Ambush (1x)

He Lieth In Wait (2x)

I Have Laid Wait (1x)

Lay Not Wait (1x)

Liers In Ambush (1x)

Liers In Wait (3x)

Lying In Wait (1x)

Men Lying In Wait (1x)

She Also Lieth In Wait (1x)

That The Ambush (1x)

The Ambushes (1x)

The Liers In Wait (1x)

Thee An Ambush (1x)

Them To Lie In Ambush (1x)

They All Lie In Wait (1x)

They Laid Wait (1x)

To Lie In Wait (1x)

Unto The Liers In Wait (1x)

Whiles They Lie In Wait (1x)

With Thee, And Lie In Wait (1x)

With Us, Let Us Lay Wait (1x)

Ye Shall Lie In Wait (1x)

All Occurrences

Deuteronomy 19:11

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:(h)

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.

Joshua 8:4

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

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.

Joshua 8:12

And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.(b)

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.

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.

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.

Judges 9:25

And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

Judges 9:32

Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

Judges 9:34

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

Judges 16:9

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.(i)

Judges 16:12

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

Judges 20:29

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

Judges 20:33

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

Judges 20:36

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

Judges 20:37

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.(f)

Judges 20:38

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.(g)

(h)

(i)

Judges 21:20

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

1 Samuel 15:5

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.(a)

1 Samuel 22:8

That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?(d)

1 Samuel 22:13

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

2 Chronicles 20:22

And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.(f)

(g)

(h)

Ezra 8:31

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

Job 31:9

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

Psalm 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.(i)

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord .

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 7:12

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.(f)

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H693

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H693