H3993 מַאֲרָב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences
מַאֲרָב
maʼărâb · mah-ar-awb'
Definition
an ambuscade
KJV Renderings
lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
Derivation / Etymology
from H693 (אָרַב);
KJV Verses (5)
- Joshua 8:9¶ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
- Judges 9:35And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
- 2 Chronicles 13:13¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
- 2 Chronicles 13:13¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
- Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.