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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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H693 matches the Hebrew אָרַב ('āraḇ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the lords of Shechem set [fn]men in H693 ambush H693 against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:32 - “So now, arise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie H693 in H693 wait H693 in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 -

So Abimelech and all the people who were with him arose by night and lay H693 in H693 wait H693 against Shechem in four [fn]companies.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - So he took [fn]his people and divided them into three [fn]companies and lay H693 in H693 wait H693 in the field; then he looked, and behold, the people were coming out from the city. So he arose against them and struck them down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” so they surrounded the place and lay H693 in H693 wait H693 for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us wait until the morning light; then we will kill him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men lying H693 in H693 wait H693, sitting in an inner room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the cords as a string of tinder snaps when it [fn]touches fire. So his strength was still not known.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Now the men lying H693 in H693 wait H693 were sitting in the inner room. But he snapped [fn]the ropes from his arms like a thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:29 -

So Israel set men in H693 ambush H693 around Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 - Then all the men of Israel arose from their place and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel in H693 ambush H693 burst forth of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:36 -

So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were [fn]defeated. Now the men of Israel had given [fn]ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in H693 ambush H693 whom they had set against Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - So the men in H693 ambush H693 hurried and rushed against Gibeah. Then the men in H693 ambush H693 deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in H693 ambush H693 was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie H693 in H693 wait H693 in the vineyards,
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