אָרַב arav
Hebrew word for “to ambush” · Strong’s H693 · used 41 times in 39 verses
Meaning
1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk;
How it is translated
Glosses given for arav in context, with how often each is used:
- ambusher 10
- ambush 6
- lie in wait 5
- lay in wait 5
- ambushers 4
- lies in wait 4
- will lie in wait 2
- lying in wait 2
- have lain in wait 1
- us lie in wait 1
- lie in wait for 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judges | 14 | 1.4 | |
| Joshua | 7 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 8 (7), Judges 20 (5), Judges 9 (4), Judges 16 (3), 1 Samuel 22 (2), Proverbs 1 (2), Deuteronomy 19 (1), Judges 21 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 2 Chronicles 20 (1)
Forms
- ארב 5
- הארב 4
- וארב 3
- והארב 3
- תארב 3
- ארבים 2
- מארבים 2
- ויארבו 2
- לארב 2
- יארב 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with arav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עִיר ir “city” 13
- קוּם qum “to arise” 10
- עַי ay “Ai” 4
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן shimshon “Samson” 3
- גִּבְעָה givah “Gibeah” 3
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 5
- דָּם dam “blood” 4
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4
- מִסְתָּר mistar “hiding” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 5
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 3
- עָשָׁן ashan “smoke” 2
Key verses
The verses using arav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Joshua 8:2 — And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto…
- Joshua 8:14 — And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his…
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 — And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and…
- Ezra 8:31 — Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us…
- Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- Psalms 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 59:3 — For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
- Proverbs 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
- Proverbs 1:18 — And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Jeremiah 51:12 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that…
- Lamentations 4:19 — Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Micah 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
See all 39 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.