Maarav מַאֲרָב
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| מַאֲרָב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maarav |
| Strong's number | H3993 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | ambush |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (1) |
Maarav (Hebrew מַאֲרָב, Strong's H3993) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “ambush”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) ambush, (hunter's) blind
1a) ambush, lurking place
1b) liers-in-wait
1a) ambush, lurking place
1b) liers-in-wait
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | ambushment (2), ambush (1), wait (1), places (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ambush (2), place of ambush (1), their hiding places (1), wait (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maarav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 8:9Joshua 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.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.
Judges
- Judges 9:35And 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.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.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.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.
Psalms
- Psalm 10:8He 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.He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).