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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 suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - Come by night with an army and hide out in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech and all his men went by night and split into four groups, stationing themselves around Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - Word soon spread[fn] that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, “When the light of morning comes, we will kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, “Go and hide in the vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:12 - She is often in the streets and markets,
soliciting at every corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is someone who lies to a friend
and then says, “I was only joking.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 - He has hidden like a bear or a lion,
waiting to attack me.
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