HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3993
מַאֲרָב
ma.a.rav — ambush
1) ambush, (hunter's) blind 1a) ambush, lurking place 1b) liers-in-wait
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Ambush
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6660
צְדִיָּה
tse.diy.yah — ambush
lying in wait, ambushing
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H695
אֶ֫רֶב
e.rev — ambush
1) a lying-in-wait 2) covert, lair, den
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H696
אֹ֫רֶב
o.rev — ambush
1) ambuscade, hiding place 2) treachery, deceit (fig.)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H693
אָרַב
a.rav — to ambush
1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie in wait 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2442
חָכָה
cha.khah — to wait
1) to wait, wait for, await 1a) (Qal) to wait for 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, tarry 1b2) to wait (in ambush) 1b3) to wait for, long for
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6658
צָדָה
tsa.dah — to ambush
(Qal) to lie in wait
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1747
ἐνέδρα
enedra — plot/ambush
ἐν-έδρα, -ας, ἡ (ἕδρα, a seat), [in LXX: Jos.8:7-9, Psa.10:8 (אָרַב)* ;] a lying in wait, an ambush: Act.23:16 (Rec. ἔνεδρον, a form frequently in LXX), Act.25:8.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1748
ἐνεδρεύω
enedreuō — to ambush
ἐνεδρεύω (ἐνέδρα), [in LXX chiefly for אָרַב ;] to lie in wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.11:54, Act.23:21.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1009
בֵּית אַֽרְבֵֿאל
bet ar.bel — Beth-arbel
§ Beth-Arbel = "house of God's Ambush" a place in Palestine, perhaps Gilead or Galilee
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H694
אֲרָב
a.rav — Arab
§ Arab = "ambush" a city near Hebron
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H701
אַרְבִּי
ar.bi — Arbite
Group of a.rav (עֲרָב "Arabia" H6152B) § Arbite = "an ambush" a native of Arabia
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1749
ἔνεδρον
enedron — hinderance
ἔνεδρον, -ου, τό, see: ἐνέδρα. ἐν-έδρα, -ας, ἡ (ἕδρα, a seat), [in LXX: Jos.8:7-9, Psa.10:8 (אָרַב)* ;] a lying in wait, an ambush: Act.23:16 (Rec. ἔνεδρον, a form frequently in LXX), Act.25:8.† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21163
συλλοχάω
sullochaō — to ambush
to ambush
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7002
ἐγκάθημαι
egkathēmai — to lie in wait
Dep. to sit in or on , (Xenophon Historicus): to lie in ambush , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8979
πτήσσω
ptēssō — to alarm
1. to frighten, scare, alarm , Lat. terrere, (Iliad by Homer) 2. intransitive to crouch or cower down for fear (compare πτώσσω), properly of animals, (Sophocles Tragicus); of men, (Pindar), attic; πτ. βωμὸν ὕπο (Euripides); also with accusative loci, πτ. βωμόν to flee cowering to the altar, (Euripides) 3. to crouch like a wild beast ready to spring, (Euripides);—;so of men in ambush, ὑπὸ τεύχεσι πεπτηῶτες (Odyssey by Homer) 4. with accusative rei, to crouch for fear of , ἀπειλάς (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9609
ὑφίστημι
huphistēmi — to stand
1. in these tenses Causal, to place or set under , τί τινι (Herdotus Historicus); τρεῖς σταυροὺς ὑπίστησι plants three piles in the lake to support a house, (Herdotus Historicus):—;metaphorically, γνώμας ὑποστήσας σοφάς having laid them as a foundation , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. to post secretly or in ambush , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. Causal also in future and aor1 middle to substitute , τί τινι one thing for another, (Xenophon Historicus) 4. Pass., with aorist2 active ὑπ-έστην, perfect ὑφ-έστηκα, ionic participle ὑπ-εστεώς:—; to stand under as a support , with dative, (Herdotus Historicus) 5. to sink to the bottom, settle , τὸ ὑφιστάμενον the milk, opposite to τὸ ἐφιστάμενον (the cream), (Herdotus Historicus) 6. to place oneself under an engagement, engage or promise to do, with infinitive future, ὅσς᾽ Ἀχιλῆι ὑπέστημεν δώσειν (Iliad by Homer), etc.; with infinitive aorist, οὔ τίς με ὑπέστη σαῶσαι (Iliad by Homer); with infinitive present, (Herdotus Historicus):—;absolute, after promise given , (Odyssey by Homer); ὥσπερ ὑπέστη as he promised , (Thucydides):—;when followed by accusative, an infinitive may be supplied, τρίποδας οὕς οἱ ὑπέστη (i.e. δώσειν); (Iliad by Homer); ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥνπερ ὑπέσταν (Iliad by Homer) 7. to submit to any one, τινι (Iliad by Homer) 8. with accusative rei, to submit to, consent to , ὁ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπιστάμενος who offers to take the least, (Herdotus Historicus); ὑφ. τὸν πλοῦν to undertake it unwillingly , (Thucydides); so, ὑφ. τὸν κίνδυνον (Thucydides): —;rarely with dative, ὑφ. ξυμφοραῖς ταῖς μεγίσταις (Thucydides) 9. to undertake an office, (Xenophon Historicus) 10. to lie concealed or in ambush , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 11. to support an attack, to resist, withstand , with dative, (Aeschulus Tragicus); with accusative, (Euripides):—;absolute to stand one's ground, face the enemy , Lat. subsistere, (Euripides) (ML)
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Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Josh. 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judg. 9:30-45. Comp. Jer. 51:12).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.