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Strong's Hebrew · H3993

מַאֲרָב

maʼărâb · mah-ar-awb'

Definitionan ambuscade
Derivationfrom H693 (אָרַב);
KJV usagelie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 4 verses

מַאֲרָב in Scripture

Joshua 8:9 Joshua 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 9:35 And 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 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. Psalms 10:8 He 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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This Word

Strong's
H3993
Original
מַאֲרָב
Transliteration
maʼărâb
Language
Hebrew
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