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 · וְאָ֤רַב‘And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him—the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,Joshua 8:2 · אֹרֵ֛בand thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.’Joshua 8:4 · אֹרְבִ֤יםand commandeth them, saying, ‘See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,Joshua 8:7 · מֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔בand ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;Joshua 8:12 · אֹרֵ֗בAnd he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;Joshua 8:14 · אֹרֵ֥בAnd it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth it, that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush is against him, on the rear of the city.Joshua 8:19 · וְהָאוֹרֵ֡בand the ambush hath risen with haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.Joshua 8:21 · הָֽאֹרֵב֙and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;Judges 9:25 · מְאָרְבִ֗יםAnd the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech.Judges 9:32 · וֶאֱרֹ֖בand, now, rise by night, thou and the people who are with thee, and lay wait in the field,Judges 9:34 · וַיֶּאֶרְב֣וּAnd Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem—four detachments;Judges 9:43 · וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖בand he taketh the people, and divideth them into three detachments, and layeth wait in a field, and looketh, and lo, the people are coming out from the city, and he riseth against them, and smiteth them.Judges 16:2 · וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־it is told to the Gazathites, saying, ‘Samson hath come in hither;’ and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, ‘Till the light of the morning—then we have slain him.’Judges 16:9 · וְהָאֹרֵ֗בAnd the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.Judges 16:12 · וְהָאֹרֵ֖בAnd Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, ‘Philistines are upon thee, Samson;’ and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.Judges 20:29 · אֹֽרְבִ֔יםAnd Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,Judges 20:33 · וְאֹרֵ֧בAnd all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.Judges 20:36 · הָ֣אֹרֵ֔בAnd the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten—and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,Judges 20:37 · וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב · הָאֹרֵ֔בand the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.Judges 20:38 · הָאֹרֵ֑בAnd there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush—their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.Judges 21:20 · וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םAnd they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, ‘Go—and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,1 Samuel 15:5 · וַיָּ֖רֶבAnd Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;1 Samuel 22:8 · לְאֹרֵ֖בfor ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son’s covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as at this day.’1 Samuel 22:13 · לְאֹרֵ֖בAnd Saul saith unto him, ‘Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?’2 Chronicles 20:22 · מְ֠אָֽרְבִיםAnd at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,Ezra 8:31 · וְאוֹרֵ֖בAnd we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth 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 by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,Psalm 10:9 · יֶאֱרֹ֬ב · יֶ֭אֱרֹבHe lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.Psalm 59:3 · אָֽרְב֡וּFor, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.Proverbs 1:11 · נֶאֶרְבָ֥הIf they say, ‘Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,Proverbs 1:18 · יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּAnd they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.Proverbs 7:12 · תֶאֱרֹֽב׃Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait)—Proverbs 12:6 · אֱרָב־The words of the wicked are: ‘Lay wait for blood,’ And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.Proverbs 23:28 · תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בShe also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.Proverbs 24:15 · תֶּאֱרֹ֣בLay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.Jeremiah 51:12 · הָאֹֽרְבִ֑יםUnto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.Lamentations 3:10 · אֹרֵ֥בA bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.Lamentations 4:19 · אָ֥רְבוּSwifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned after us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.Micah 7:2 · יֶאֱרֹ֔בוּPerished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men—there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt with a net.