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Lexicon :: Strong's H693 - 'āraḇ

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Deu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - He told them, "Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don't go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:7 - Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem - they divided into four units.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, "He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - They hid in the bedroom and then she said to him, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. The secret of his strength was not discovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) But he tore the ropes from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:29 - So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 - All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 - Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - So they commanded the Benjaminites, "Go hide in the vineyards,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - When they began to shout and praise, the LORD suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 - For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:6 - The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 - Give the signal to attack Babylon's wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the LORD will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. ר (Resh)

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 - They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
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