G1748 ἐνεδρεύω

Strong's Greek Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

ἐνεδρεύω

enedreúō

Definition

to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination

KJV Renderings

lay wait for

Derivation / Etymology

from G1747 (ἐνέδρα);

KJV Verses (2)

Luke 11:54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.