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HebrewH3993Noun (Masculine)

מַאֲרָב

ma.a.rav

4Occurrences
H3993Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an ambuscade

from H693 (אָרַב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. ambush, (hunter's) blind 1a) ambush, lurking place 1b) liers-in-wait

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַאֲרָב appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
1
Judges
1
Joshua
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 13:13BSB

Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

Judges 9:35BSB

Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.

Joshua 8:9BSB

So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.

Psalms 10:8BSB

He lies in wait near the villages;in ambush he slays the innocent;his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.