Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3993

מַאֲרָב

ma.a.rav · “ambush

Used 5 times across 4 books

Definition
1) ambush, (hunter's) blind
1a) ambush, lurking place
1b) liers-in-wait
Where it appears
Joshua
1
Judges
1
2 Chronicles
2
Psalms
1
In the text
Joshua 8:9Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Judges 9:35And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.2 Chronicles 13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

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