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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 - So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush H3993 and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush H3993.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:13 -

But Jeroboam had encircled an ambush H3993 to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush H3993 was behind them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 -

Ayin

He sits in the [fn]places H3993 of the villages where one lies in wait H3993;

In the hiding places he kills the innocent;

His eyes [fn]stealthily watch for the [fn]unfortunate.

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