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Lexicon :: Strong's H3993 - ma'ărāḇ

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מַאֲרָב
Transliteration
ma'ărāḇ
Pronunciation
mah-ar-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 156e

Strong’s Definitions

מַאֲרָב maʼărâb, mah-ar-awb'; from H693; an ambuscade:—lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H3993 in the following manner: ambushment (2x), lie in wait (2x), lurking place (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H3993 in the following manner: ambushment (2x), lie in wait (2x), lurking place (1x).

  1. ambush, (hunter's) blind

    1. ambush, lurking place

    2. liers-in-wait

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאֲרָב maʼărâb, mah-ar-awb'; from H693; an ambuscade:—lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
STRONGS H3993: Abbreviations
† מַאֲרָב noun masculine ambush — מַאֲרָב ? Joshua 8:9 2 times; מַאְ֯רָב Judges 9:35; construct מַאֲרַב Psalm 10:8; —
1. a. ambush, place of lying-in-wait Joshua 8:9; Judges 9:35;
b. lurking-place Psalm 10:8 (|| מִסְתָּרִים).
2. liers-in-wait 2 Chronicles 13:13 (twice in verse) (compare ארב Participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

8:9; 8:9

Judges

9:35; 9:35

2 Chronicles

13:13

Psalms

10:8; 10:8

H3993

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3993 matches the Hebrew מַאֲרָב (ma'ărāḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - Joshua H3091 therefore sent them forth: H7971 and they went H3212 to lie in ambush, H3993 and abode H3427 between Bethel H1008 and Ai, H5857 on the west side H3220 of Ai: H5857 but Joshua H3091 lodged H3885 that night H3915 among H8432 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 went out, H3318 and stood H5975 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city: H5892 and Abimelech H40 rose up, H6965 and the people H5971 that were with him, from lying in wait. H3993

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:13 - But Jeroboam H3379 caused an ambushment H3993 to come H935 about H5437 behind H310 them: so they were before H6440 Judah, H3063 and the ambushment H3993 was behind H310 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sitteth H3427 in the lurking places H3993 of the villages: H2691 in the secret places H4565 doth he murder H2026 the innocent: H5355 his eyes H5869 are privily set H6845 against the poor. H2489
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