אָרַב
ʾārab
lie in wait
Strong's H693VerbHebrewTWOT 156

אָרַב (ʾārab) is a Hebrew verb meaning lie in wait. It appears 41 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H693).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 156)

Range of meaning (TWOT 156)lie in wait; liers-in-wait; lurk; ambush, ambushment, lay wait
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָרַב verb: lie in wait

Strong's H693 אָרַב: to lurk
KJV:(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 19:11Joshua 8:2Judges 9:25

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