Strong's Lexicon

H3993

H3993 — מַאֲרָב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma'arabnoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 156e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3993
Word:	מַאֲרָב
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H693
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	ma'arab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mah-ar-awb'
Meaning:	1. an ambuscade
KJV Renderings:	lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

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מַאֲרָב noun masculine ambush — מַאֲרָב? Josh 8:9 + 2 t.; מַאְ֯רָב Judg 9:35 construct מַאֲרַב Ps 10:8 —

a. ambush, place of lying-in-wait Josh 8:9; Judg 9:35

b. lurking-place Ps 10:8 (|| מִסְתָּרִים).

2. liers-in-wait 2Chr 13:13 (twice in verse) (compare ארב Participle)

אַרְבֵאל compare בֵּית אַרְבֵאל, below בית.

אַרְבֶּה see below רבה.

אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה, אַרְבַּ֫עַת, אַרְבָּעִים etc. see רבע .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מארב (mah-)

Joshua 8:9

KJV: Joshua 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.

EHCC: they went to lic in ambush,

Judges 9:35

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.

EHCC: from lying in wait.

2 Chronicles 13:13

KJV: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

EHCC: Jeroboam caused an ambushment

Psalms 10:8

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.are…: Heb. hide themselves

EHCC: He sitteth in the lurking places of