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G1749 ἔνεδρον (énedron)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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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.† (AS)

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