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Lexicon :: Strong's H693 - 'āraḇ

Aa
אָרַב
Transliteration
'āraḇ
Pronunciation
aw-rab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 156

Strong’s Definitions

אָרַב ʼârab, aw-rab'; a primitive root; to lurk:—(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H693 in the following manner: lay in wait (26x), liers in wait (8x), ambush (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H693 in the following manner: lay in wait (26x), liers in wait (8x), ambush (8x).

  1. to lie in wait, ambush, lurk

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lie in wait

      2. ambush (participle as subst)

    2. (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle)

    3. (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָרַב ʼârab, aw-rab'; a primitive root; to lurk:—(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
STRONGS H693: Abbreviations
† אָרַב verb lie in wait (Arabic أَرُبَ be crafty) —
Qal Perfect וְאָרַב consecutive Deuteronomy 19:11; Judges 21:20; אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ Job 31:9; אָֽרְבוּ Psalm 59:4; Lamentations 4:19; Imperfect יֶאֱרֹב Psalm 10:9 (twice in verse); יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ Proverbs 1:18; Micah 7:2; וָיֶּֽֽֽ אֶרְבוּ Judges 9:34; Judges 16:2; נֶָֽאֶרְבָה Proverbs 1:11; Imperative אֱרֹב Judges 9:32; Infinitive אֱרָב־ Proverbs 12:6; Participle אֹרֵב Joshua 8:2 + 11 times; אוֺרֵב Joshua 8:12 + 4 times; אֹרְבִים Joshua 8:4 + 2 times; — lie in wait (with hostile purpose), absolute Judges 9:32, 43 + Judges 21:20; Job 31:9; Psalm 10:9; Proverbs 7:12; Proverbs 23:28; 1 Samuel 22:8, 13; Lamentations 3:10 (of bear, compare Psalm 10:9); with infinitive of purpose Psalm 10:9; with accusative דָּם א׳ Proverbs 12:6; with עַל, and person against whom Deuteronomy 19:11; Judges 9:34; usually with ל Micah 7:2; Judges 16:2; Psalm 59:4; Proverbs 1:11, 18; Proverbs 24:15; Lamentations 4:19 compare Joshua 8:2, 4, 14; Participle as substantive = liers-in-wait (plural) Judges 20:29; usually singular collective ambush Joshua 8:2, 12, 14, 19, 21; Judges 16:9, 12; Judges 20:33, 36, 37 (twice in verse); Judges 20:38; Ezra 8:31; plural of this singular = ambuscades Jeremiah 51:12; singular = place of lying-in-wait, ambush (local sense) Joshua 8:7.
Pi. Participle plural liers-in-wait id quod
Qal Participle מְאָֽרְבִים Judges 9:25 (with ל), 2 Chronicles 20:22 (with עַל).
?Hiph. Imperfect זַיָּרֶב בנחל (for וַיַּאֲרֶב) 1 Samuel 15:5 (compare Dr Köi. 390; Ges-Kau§ 68. 2 queries) but text dubious; compare Ol§ 237 b, & Klo, who proposes ויעבר בנחל.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

19:11; 19:11

Joshua

8:2; 8:2; 8:2; 8:4; 8:4; 8:7; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 8:14; 8:19; 8:21

Judges

9:25; 9:32; 9:32; 9:34; 9:34; 9:43; 16:2; 16:2; 16:9; 16:12; 20:29; 20:33; 20:36; 20:37; 20:38; 21:20; 21:20

1 Samuel

15:5; 22:8; 22:13

2 Chronicles

20:22

Ezra

8:31

Job

31:9; 31:9

Psalms

10:9; 10:9; 10:9; 10:9; 59:4; 59:4

Proverbs

1:11; 1:11; 1:18; 1:18; 7:12; 12:6; 12:6; 23:28; 24:15

Jeremiah

51:12

Lamentations

3:10; 4:19; 4:19

Micah

7:2; 7:2

H693

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Strong's Number H693 matches the Hebrew אָרַב ('āraḇ),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:7 - Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round they overcame the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks on all who went by on the road and took their goods; and word of this came to Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - And he took his people, separating them into three bands, and was waiting secretly in the field; and when he saw the people coming out of the town, he went up and made an attack on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:29 - So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 - So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 - So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 - For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6 - The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 - Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 - For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
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