Quick Definition
to ambush
Strong's Definition
to lurk
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
TWOT Reference: 156
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָרַב
ârab
BDB Definition:
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 (plural participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 156
Total KJV Occurrences: 46