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
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H693 — אָרַב
a.rav · to ambush · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Deuteronomy 19:11 · וְאָ֤רַבBut if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;Joshua 8:2 · אֹרֵ֛בand 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: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.Joshua 8:4 · אֹרְבִ֤יםAnd he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:Joshua 8:7 · מֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔בand ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.Joshua 8:12 · אֹרֵ֗בAnd he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.Joshua 8:14 · אֹרֵ֥בAnd 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 the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.Joshua 8:19 · וְהָאוֹרֵ֡בAnd the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and set the city on fire.Joshua 8:21 · הָֽאֹרֵב֙And 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 · מְאָרְבִ֗יםAnd the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.Judges 9:32 · וֶאֱרֹ֖בNow therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:Judges 9:34 · וַיֶּאֶרְב֣וּAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.Judges 9:43 · וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖בAnd he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.Judges 16:2 · וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.Judges 16:9 · וְהָאֹרֵ֗בNow she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.Judges 16:12 · וְהָאֹרֵ֖בSo Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.Judges 20:29 · אֹֽרְבִ֔יםAnd Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.Judges 20:33 · וְאֹרֵ֧בAnd all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.Judges 20:36 · הָ֣אֹרֵ֔בSo the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.Judges 20:37 · וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב · הָאֹרֵ֔בAnd 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.Judges 20:38 · הָאֹרֵ֑בNow the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.Judges 21:20 · וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םAnd they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,1 Samuel 15:5 · וַיָּ֖רֶבAnd Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.1 Samuel 22:8 · לְאֹרֵ֖בthat all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?1 Samuel 22:13 · לְאֹרֵ֖בAnd 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 inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?2 Chronicles 20:22 · מְ֠אָֽרְבִיםAnd when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.Ezra 8:31 · וְאוֹרֵ֖בThen we departed from the river 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 the lier-in-wait by the way.Job 31:9 · אָרָֽבְתִּי׃If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;Psalm 10:9 · יֶאֱרֹ֬ב · יֶ֭אֱרֹבHe lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.Psalm 59:3 · אָֽרְב֡וּFor, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.Proverbs 1:11 · נֶאֶרְבָ֥הIf they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;Proverbs 1:18 · יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּAnd these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.Proverbs 7:12 · תֶאֱרֹֽב׃Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)Proverbs 12:6 · אֱרָב־The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.Proverbs 23:28 · תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בYea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.Proverbs 24:15 · תֶּאֱרֹ֣בLay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:Jeremiah 51:12 · הָאֹֽרְבִ֑יםSet up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.Lamentations 3:10 · אֹרֵ֥בHe is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.Lamentations 4:19 · אָ֥רְבוּOur pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.Micah 7:2 · יֶאֱרֹ֔בוּThe godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.