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Lexicon :: Strong's H3993 - ma'ărāḇ

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מַאֲרָב
Transliteration
ma'ărāḇ
Pronunciation
mah-ar-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 156e

Strong’s Definitions

מַאֲרָב maʼărâb, mah-ar-awb'; from H693; an ambuscade:—lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H3993 in the following manner: ambushment (2x), lie in wait (2x), lurking place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H3993 in the following manner: ambushment (2x), lie in wait (2x), lurking place (1x).
  1. ambush, (hunter's) blind

    1. ambush, lurking place

    2. liers-in-wait

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאֲרָב maʼărâb, mah-ar-awb'; from H693; an ambuscade:—lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
STRONGS H3993: Abbreviations
מַאֲרָב noun masculine ambushמַאֲרָב ? Joshua 8:9 2 times; מַאְ֯רָב Judges 9:35; construct מַאֲרַב Psalm 10:8; —
1. a. ambush, place of lying-in-wait Joshua 8:9; Judges 9:35;
b. lurking-place Psalm 10:8 (|| מִסְתָּרִים).
2. liers-in-wait 2 Chronicles 13:13 (twice in verse) (compare ארב Participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

8:9; 8:9

Judges

9:35; 9:35

2 Chronicles

13:13

Psalms

10:8; 10:8

H3993

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3993 matches the Hebrew מַאֲרָב (ma'ărāḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, H3993 and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. H3993
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:13 - But Jeroboam caused an ambushment H3993 to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment H3993 was behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sitteth in the lurking places H3993 of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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