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H696 אֹרֶב (ʼôreb) o'-reb

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

ambush

Strong's Definition

{ambuscade}

Derivation: the same as H695 (אֶרֶב)

KJV Usage: wait.

TWOT Reference: 156b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) ambuscade, hiding place
2) treachery, deceit (fig.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֹ֫רֶב (o.rev) — ambush. 1) ambuscade, hiding place 2) treachery, deceit (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · ארב

Control

ambush, trap literally: ambush; hence: = an effort to gain control over someone else in order to harm that person ◄ as if setting an ambush

JER 9:7 · HOS 7:6

1 HOS 7:6 RSV NIV "intrigue" NJPS "ambush" NJB "as they plot" GNT "with their plotting" | NRSV "burns within them" = בער בם

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אֹ֫רֶב] n.[m.] ambuscade only fig.— Je 9:7 i.e. he planneth treachery.

their intrigue Ho 7:6

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Bible Occurrences (2)

9:8
7:6

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