אָרַב
ʼârab · aw-rab'
to lurk
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lurk
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָרַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and laid wait3 · 9%
- and the liers in wait3 · 9%
- and lie in wait2 · 6%
- liers in wait2 · 6%
- against me, to lie in wait2 · 6%
- he lieth in wait2 · 6%
- thee an ambush1 · 3%
- ye shall lie in wait1 · 3%
- from the ambush1 · 3%
- them to lie in ambush1 · 3%
- not that there were liers in ambush1 · 3%
- and the ambush1 · 3%
- that the ambush1 · 3%
- that is with thee, and lie in wait1 · 3%
- and they laid wait1 · 3%
- now there were men lying in wait1 · 3%
- and there were liers in wait1 · 3%
- unto the liers in wait1 · 3%
- the liers in wait1 · 3%
- ambushments1 · 3%
- and of such as lay in wait1 · 3%
- or if i have laid wait1 · 3%
- for, lo, they lie in wait1 · 3%
- with us, let us lay wait1 · 3%
- and they lay wait1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.