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3993 - maarab

Note Journal Prayer

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מַאְרָב
Transliteration: maarab
Definition (short): ambush
Definition (full): an ambuscade

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from arab
Definition: an ambush
NASB Translation: ambush (4), lurking places (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From 'arab; an ambuscade -- lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

see HEBREW 'arab

References

Strong's 3993: 5 Occurrences
KJV: Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
NASB: So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
KJV: 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.
NASB: Now Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush.
KJV: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
NASB: But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them.
KJV: 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.
NASB: He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.