אָרַב (a.rav) means “to ambush” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-rab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
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a primitive root; to lurk
KJV glosses: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| an ambush | 5 |
| and lay in wait | 4 |
| lie in wait | 4 |
| the men in ambush | 4 |
| the ambush | 2 |
| to lie in wait | 2 |
| ambushes | 1 |
| and ambushed | 1 |
| and bandits | 1 |
| and lie in wait | 1 |
| and lies in wait | 1 |
| are to lie in ambush | 1 |
| but while the men | 1 |
| from the ambush | 1 |
| he lies in wait | 1 |
| he lurks | 1 |
| hide | 1 |
| how they lie in wait | 1 |
| in ambush | 1 |
| let us lie in wait | 1 |
| lies in wait | 1 |
| lying in wait | 1 |
| or i have lurked | 1 |
| she lurks | 1 |
| they | 1 |
| while the men | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and laid wait | 3 |
| and the liers in wait | 3 |
| liers in wait | 3 |
| against me to lie in wait | 2 |
| and lie in wait | 2 |
| he lieth in wait | 2 |
| ambushments | 1 |
| and lieth in wait | 1 |
| and of such as lay in wait | 1 |
| and the ambush | 1 |
| and they laid wait | 1 |
| and they lay wait | 1 |
| for lo they lie in wait | 1 |
| from the ambush | 1 |
| i have laid wait | 1 |
| lay not wait | 1 |
| liers in ambush | 1 |
| lying in wait | 1 |
| men lying in wait | 1 |
| she also lieth in wait | 1 |
| that the ambush | 1 |
| the ambushes | 1 |
| the liers in wait | 1 |
| thee an ambush | 1 |
| them to lie in ambush | 1 |
| they all lie in wait | 1 |
| they laid wait | 1 |
| to lie in wait | 1 |
| unto the liers in wait | 1 |
| whiles they lie in wait | 1 |
| with thee and lie in wait | 1 |
| with us let us lay wait | 1 |
| ye shall lie in wait | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 39 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordwith these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Read word by wordyou are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
Read word by wordNow Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordThe leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
Read word by wordNow then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
Read word by wordSo Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
Read word by wordSo he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
Read word by wordWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Read word by wordWhile the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
Read word by wordSo Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
Read word by wordSo Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
Read word by wordSo all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
Read word by wordThen the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
Read word by wordThe men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
Read word by wordThe men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
Read word by wordSo they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
Read word by wordSaul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
Read word by wordIs that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
Read word by wordAnd Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
Read word by wordThe moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
Read word by wordOn the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
Read word by wordIf my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Read word by wordHe lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Read word by wordSee how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.4
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Read word by wordBut they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Read word by wordNow in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Read word by wordThe words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Read word by wordLike a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Read word by wordDo not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
Read word by wordRaise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
Read word by wordHe is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
Read word by wordThose who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Read word by wordThe godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
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