Strong's Lexicon

H693

H693 — אָרַב

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

HebrewarabverbOccurrences: 41TWOT: 156

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H693
Word:אָרַב
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:41
Transliteration:arab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-rab'
Meaning:1. to lurk
KJV Renderings:(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

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BDB709

אָרַב verb lie in wait (Arabic [untranscribed source text 394] be crafty) —

Qal Perfect וְאָרַב consecutive Deut 19:11; Judg 21:20 אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ Job 31:9 אָֽרְבוּ Ps 59:4; Lam 4:19 Imperfect יֶאֱרֹב Ps 10:9 (twice in verse); יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ Prov 1:18; Mic 7:2 וָיֶּ˜ אֶרְבוּ Judg 9:34; Judg 16:2 נֶָֽאֶרְבָה Prov 1:11 Imperative אֱרֹב Judg 9:32 Infinitive אֱרָבֿ Prov 12:6 Participle אֹרֵב Josh 8:2 + 11 t.; אוֺרֵב Josh 8:12 + 4 t.; אֹרְבִים Josh 8:4 + 2 t; — lie in wait (with hostile purpose), absolute Judg 9:32; Judg 9:43 + Judg 21:20; Job 31:9; Ps 10:9; Prov 7:12; Prov 23:28; 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:13; Lam 3:10 (of bear, compare Ps 10:9); with infinitive of purpose Ps 10:9 with accusative דָּם ׳ א Prov 12:6 with עַל, and person against whom Deut 19:11; Judg 9:34 usually with ל Mic 7:2; Judg 16:2; Ps 59:4; Prov 1:11; Prov 1:18; Prov 24:15; Lam 4:19 compare Josh 8:2; Josh 8:4; Josh 8:14 Participle as substantive = liers-in-wait (plural) Judg 20:29 usually singular collective ambush Josh 8:2; Josh 8:12; Josh 8:14; Josh 8:19; Josh 8:21; Judg 16:9; Judg 16:12; Judg 20:33; Judg 20:36; Judg 20:37 (twice in verse); Judg 20:38; Ezra 8:31 plural of this singular = ambuscades Jer 51:12 singular = place of lying-in-wait, ambush (local sense) Josh 8:7.
Pi`el Participle plural liers-in-wait id quod Qal Participle מְאָֽרְבִים Judg 9:25 (with ל), 2Chr 20:22 (with עַל). ?
Hiph`il Imperfect זַיָּרֶב בנחל (for וַיַּאֲרֶב) 1Sam 15:5 (compare Dr i. 390; Ges-Kau§ 68. 2 queries) but text dubious; compare Ol§ 237 b, & Klo, who proposes ויעבר בנחל.


BDB7897

רִיב [ZMG xxxvii (1883). 530, 534 Ges«GKC:73b»§ 73b] verb strive, contend (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 5055] ( [untranscribed source text 5056]) agitate (the mind), [untranscribed source text 5057] disquiet; compare also Syriac [untranscribed source text 5058] cry, shout, Aph`el also quarrel noisily, [untranscribed source text 5059] shouting, clamour (see l.c.); on Sabean proper name ריב = Arabic [untranscribed source text 5060] see DHMib. 14); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular רָב Judg 11:25; 1Sam 25:29 2 masculine singular רַבְתָּ Lam 3:58, רִיבוֺתָ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָרִיב Judg 6:31 +, jussive יָרֵב Hos 4:4; 1Sam 24:16, יָ֫רֶב לוֺ(בּוֺׅ Judg 6:31; Judg 6:32 וַיָּ֫רֶב Gen 31:36 +; 2 masculine singular תרוב Prov 3:30 Kt , תָּרִיב Qr ; 3 masculine plural יְרִיבֻן Exod 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב Mic 6:1; Prov 25:9, רִיבָה Ps 35:1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ Isa 1:17; Hos 2:4 Infinitive absolute רוֺב Judg 11:25, רֹב Job 40:2 רִיב Jer 50:34 ( Ges«GKC:73d»§ 73d i. 509 BaNB 80); construct רִיב Isa 3:13; Job 9:3 + Judg 21:22 Qr ( Kt רוב), רִב Amos 7:4; Prov 25:8 Participle רָב Isa 19:20 +; — strive:
1. involving bodily struggle Exod 21:18 (that is, one with another; E ); public hostilities, יָרָיוּ רָב לוֺ Deut 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, הֲרוֺב רָב Judg 11:25 (|| נִלְחַם).
2. with words, with ב person Gen 31:36 ( E ), Exod 17:2 a ( J ) Judg 6:32 , so (in figurative) Hos 2:4 compare v. Hos 2:4 often = quarrel, with עִם person, Gen 26:20; Exod 17:2b Num 20:3 (all J ), Neh 13:25 subject God Job 9:3; Job 13:19; Job 23:6 also Job 40:2 (עִם of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges «GKC:113ee»§ 113ee), in general Prov 3:30 with אֵת person Judg 8:1; Neh 5:7; Neh 13:11; Neh 13:17, subject ׳ י Isa 49:25 (compare I. יָרִיב below), Ps 35:1 (|| לָחַם); אֵת of ׳ י Isa 45:9 (participle one striving), Num 20:13 ( P ); with עַל of thing Gen 26:21; Gen 26:22 absolute = find fault Hos 4:4 (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially
3. conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ׳ י subject; Isa 3:13 (|| דִּין), Isa 57:16 (|| קָצַף), Ps 103:9 ( נָטַר[אַף]), compare קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ Amos 7:4 with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10:2; Isa 27:8 with accusative of cognate meaning with verb רִיב in good sense, = take one's part, 1Sam 24:15 (Gi; v.1Sam 24:16 van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), Mic 7:9; Jer 50:34 (רִיב יָרִיב אֶתרִֿיבָם, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jer 51:36 (|| נקם ), Lam 3:58; Prov 22:23 ; Ps 43:1 (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), Ps 119:154 (+ גָּאַל), also Ps 74:22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom 1Sam 25:39 (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom Prov 23:11, so (without accusative of cognate meaning with verb) Isa 50:8; Jer 2:9 (twice in verse); compare אֶתֿ הֶהָרִים Mic 6:1 (II. אֵת 1.c.; ᵐ5 πρός, whence We Now אֶלֿ in the presence of, but on רִיב אֶל see 4.); ׳ ר = plead, with ל person for whom Judg 6:31 (3 t. in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isa 1:17, of God Isa 51:22, compare Deut 33:8 (obscure, see Dr ); of human disputes Prov 25:8, אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ ׳ רִיבְךָ ר Prov 25:9.
4. = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom Judg 21:22; Jer 2:29; Jer 12:1; Job 33:13.
Hiph`il Participle suffix מריבו 1Sam 2:10 Kt ( Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (׳ י), compare plural construct ְ ועַמְּךָ כִמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן Hos 4:4, obscure; RSProph. 406 מָרוּ בִי thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck We GASm וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו הַכֹּהֵן (׳ הַכּ as voc., and [by some] joined to Hos 4:5); HermannSK, 1879, 516 {abbrev}וְעִמְּךָ מְרִיבִי הַכּ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); RubenCrit, Rem. on the passage ׳ ְ ועַמִּי כָמוֺךָ הַכּ, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ 1Sam 15:5 see ארב Hiph`il


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארב (Gh-rav’)

Lamentations 4:19

KJV: Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
EHCC: laid wait for us

Proverbs 12:6

KJV: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
EHCC: to lie in wait for blood:

Hosea 7:6

KJV: For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.made…: or, applied
EHCC: whiles they lie in wait:

Proverbs 1:11

KJV: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
EHCC: let us lay wait for blood,

Micah 7:2

KJV: 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.good: or, godly, or, merciful
EHCC: they all lie in wait for blood; "

Lamentations 3:10

KJV: He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
EHCC: He (was) unto me (as) a bear lying in wait,

Lamentations 188:15

EHCC: 5.and laid wait in the valley. (marg. 4
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