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Lexicon :: Strong's G1748 - enedreuō

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ἐνεδρεύω
Transliteration
enedreuō (Key)
Pronunciation
en-ed-ryoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐνεδρεύω enedreúō, en-ed-ryoo'-o; from G1747; to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination:—lay wait for.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1748 in the following manner: lie in wait for (1x), lay wait for (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1748 in the following manner: lie in wait for (1x), lay wait for (1x).

  1. to lie in wait for, to lay wait for, prepare a trap for

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐνεδρεύω enedreúō, en-ed-ryoo'-o; from G1747; to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination:—lay wait for.
STRONGS G1748:
ἐνεδρεύω; (ἐνέδρα); to lie in wait for, to lay wait for, prepare a trap for: τινά, a person, Luke 11:54 [G omits ἐνεδ. αὐτ., T omits αὐτόν]; Acts 23:21. (Thucydides, Xenophon, and following; Sept.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
11:54
Acts
23:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1748 matches the Greek ἐνεδρεύω (enedreuō),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - “But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he commanded them, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - Now therefore, go by night, you and the people who are with you, and set an ambush in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech and all the men who were with him rose up by night and set an ambush against Shechem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - He took his people and divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. And he looked and saw the people coming out of the city. So he rose against them and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - among the olive rows of the wicked[fn] they make oil;
they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their thicket?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
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