H693 אָרַב (ʼârab) aw-rab'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to ambush

Strong's Definition

to lurk

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

TWOT Reference: 156

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to lie in wait

1a2) ambush (participle as subst)

1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle)

1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1748

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָרַב (a.rav) — to ambush. 1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie in wait 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

ארב (H0693)

verb · אֶרֶב · אֹרֶב · אָרְבָּה · מַאֲרָב · אֲרַב

Hide | verb, verb pi, verb hif | ≈ גור · צוד · צפן

to lie in wait, to lay an ambush, to lurk = to go to a location where one will not be readily seen by others; ► and wait there for an opportunity to seize or attack someone or do something else that is supposed to be done when nobody else can witness it

DEU 19:11 · JOS 8:2 · JOS 8:4 · JOS 8:7 · JOS 8:12 · JOS 8:14 · JOS 8:19 · JOS 8:21 · JDG 9:25 · JDG 9:32 · JDG 9:34 · JDG 9:43 · JDG 16:2 · JDG 16:9 · JDG 16:12 · JDG 20:29 · JDG 20:33 · JDG 20:36 · JDG 20:37 · JDG 20:37 · JDG 20:38 · JDG 21:20 · 1SA 15:5 · 1SA 22:8 · 1SA 22:13 · 2CH 20:22 · EZR 8:31 · JOB 31:9 · PSA 10:9 · PSA 10:9 · PSA 59:4 · PRO 1:11 · PRO 1:18 · PRO 7:12 · PRO 12:6 · PRO 23:28 · PRO 24:15 · JER 51:12 · LAM 3:10 · LAM 4:19 · MIC 7:2

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָרַב vb. lie in wait Qal lie in wait (with hostile purpose)

Pi. Pt. pl. liers-in-wait

Hiph. Impf. but txt. dub.

base

Bible Occurrences (39)

19:11

8:2 8:4 8:7 8:12 8:14 8:19 8:21

9:25 9:32 9:34 9:43 16:2 16:9 16:12 20:29 20:33 20:36 20:37 20:38 21:20

15:5 22:8 22:13

20:22

8:31

31:9

10:9 59:3

1:11 1:18 7:12 12:6 23:28 24:15

51:12

3:10 4:19

7:2

Deuteronomy 19:11

If, however,... a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him......, and then flees to one of these cities,

Joshua 8:2

And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.

Joshua 8:4

with these orders -: Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

Joshua 8:7

you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

Joshua 8:12

Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw [the Israelites], he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage [them] in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush [had been set up] against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:19

and as soon as he did so..., the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire -.

Joshua 8:21

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from [it], they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.