Maʼărâb — H3993

Definition

masculine noun

an ambuscade

1. ambush, (hunter's) blind
1. ambush, lurking place
2. liers-in-wait

Usually translated as

ambushment, lie in ambush, lying in wait, lurking place

Origin

from H693

• Derived from ʼârab (H693)

Occurrences

Maʼărâb occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1)

• Joshua 8:9 — Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush (הַמַּאְרָ֔ב), and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
• Judges 9:35 — 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 (הַמַּאְרָֽב).
• 2 Chronicles 13:13 — But Jeroboam caused an ambushment (הַמַּאְרָ֔ב) to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
• 2 Chronicles 13:13 — But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment (וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב) was behind them.
• Psalms 10:8 — He sitteth in the lurking places (בְּמַאְרַ֬ב) of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.