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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 BoxDeu 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 - But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - So he took his men, divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They crush olives among the terraces[fn]; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
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