Quick Definition
ambush
Strong's Definition
an ambush, i.e. (figuratively) murderous design
Derivation: neuter of the same as G1747 (ἐνέδρα);
KJV Usage: lying in wait
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔνεδρον, ἐνέδρου, τό, equivalent to ἔνεδρα, a lying in wait, an ambush: Act_23:16 Rec.st (the Sept.; Wis_14:21; Sir_11:29; 1Ma_9:40, etc.; not found in secular authors.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
not given
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔνεδρον , -ου , τό , see ἐνέδρα .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔνεδρον [page 213]
ἔνεδρον is found in the TR of Act_23:16 = treacherous ambush, as ter in the LXX (cf. Thackeray Gr. i. p. 156 f.). For the more general sense of fraud, see P Oxy VI. 892 .11 (A.D. 338) ε̣ἱ̣̓ς̣ τὸ μηδὲν ἔνεδρον γενέσθαι περὶ τὸ δημόσιον λουτρόν , that there may be no fraud in connexion with the public bath.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔνεδρον, -ου, τό, see: ἐνέδρα.
ἐν-έδρα, -ας, ἡ
(ἕδρα, a seat), [in LXX: Jos.8:7-9, Psa.10:8 (אָרַב)* ;]
a lying in wait, an ambush: Act.23:16 (Rec. ἔνεδρον, a form frequently in LXX), Act.25:8.†
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