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אָרַב H693

H693 is the Hebrew word אָרַב, transliterated ʼârab and said aw-rab'. The King James Version most often renders it lie in wait.

Word: אָרַבTransliteration: ʼârabSaid: aw-rab'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 40 verses

What it means

to lurk.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lie in wait 8×liers in wait 8×laid wait 5×ambush 4×lieth in wait 3×lay wait 2×lie in ambush 1×liers in ambush 1×men lying in wait 1×ambushments 1×such as lay in wait 1×if i have laid wait 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Verses using אָרַב

All 40 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 19:11 · KJV

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

Joshua 8:2 · KJV

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Joshua 8:4 · KJV

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Joshua 8:7 · KJV

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

Joshua 8:12 · KJV

And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 8:14 · KJV

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:19 · KJV

And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

Joshua 8:21 · KJV

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

Judges 9:25 · KJV

And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

Judges 9:32 · KJV

Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

Judges 9:34 · KJV

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

Judges 9:43 · KJV

And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

Judges 16:2 · KJV

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

Judges 16:9 · KJV

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Judges 16:12 · KJV

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

Judges 20:29 · KJV

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

Judges 20:33 · KJV

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

Judges 20:36 · KJV

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

Judges 20:37 · KJV

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

Judges 20:38 · KJV

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

Judges 21:20 · KJV

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

1 Samuel 15:5 · KJV

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 22:8 · KJV

That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Samuel 22:13 · KJV

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

2 Chronicles 20:22 · KJV

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Ezra 8:31 · KJV

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

Job 31:9 · KJV

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

Psalm 10:9 · KJV

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Psalm 59:3 · KJV

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Proverbs 1:11 · KJV

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:18 · KJV

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 7:12 · KJV

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 12:6 · KJV

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 23:28 · KJV

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 24:15 · KJV

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Jeremiah 51:12 · KJV

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Lamentations 3:10 · KJV

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Lamentations 4:19 · KJV

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Hosea 7:6 · KJV

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

Micah 7:2 · KJV

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Common questions

What does Strong's H693 mean?

H693 is the Hebrew word אָרַב (ʼârab), meaning to lurk.

How is H693 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lie in wait (8 times), liers in wait (8 times), laid wait (5 times), ambush (4 times), lieth in wait (3 times), among others.

How many times does H693 appear in the Bible?

אָרַב (ʼârab) is tagged in 40 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H693 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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