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Strong's H693 אָרַב (arab)

Arab means “lurk” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G693 — argyreos in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H693
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 13

Strong's H693 Quick Answer

Strong's H693 אָרַב (arab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. arab (aw-rab') v. 1. to lurk [a primitive root] It has 39 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include wait, lie, ambush, lay, and lurk. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
arab (aw-rab') v. 1. to lurk [a primitive root]
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
wait, lie, ambush, lay, and lurk

Meaning and Definition

arab (aw-rab') v. 1. to lurk [a primitive root] KJV: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Original Word
אָרַב
Transliteration
arab
Derivation
Root: ארב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H693. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to ambush

Usage: 1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie in wait 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

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How Strong's H693 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render arab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

wait Judges 9:25 17× lie Deuteronomy 19:11 11× ambush Joshua 8:2 lay Ezra 8:31 lurk Proverbs 1:11 ambushes Jeremiah 51:12

How Strong's H693 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H693 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H693 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 19:11 KJV

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

Joshua 8:2 KJV

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 yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Joshua 8:4 KJV

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H693.

Deuteronomy 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
Joshua 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Joshua 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
Joshua 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
Joshua 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
Joshua 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
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 people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
Joshua 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
Judges 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Judges 9:32 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
Judges 9:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges 9:43 Old Testament, KJV
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Judges 16:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Judges 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Judges 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Judges 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Judges 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
Judges 20:36 Old Testament, KJV
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
Judges 20:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Judges 20:38 Old Testament, KJV
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Judges 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
1 Samuel 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Samuel 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
2 Chronicles 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
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 they were smitten.
Ezra 8:31 Old Testament, KJV
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 from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Job 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Psalms 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Proverbs 23:28 Old Testament, KJV
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Jeremiah 51:12 Old Testament, KJV
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 which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Lamentations 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Lamentations 4:19 Old Testament, 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.
Hosea 7:6 Old Testament, 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.
Micah 7:2 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H693, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 13 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H693 FAQ

What does arab (אָרַב) mean?

Arab (Strong's H693) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lurk". arab (aw-rab') v. 1. to lurk [a primitive root]

How many times is arab (אָרַב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H693 across 13 books.

Where can I study arab (אָרַב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H693 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate arab (אָרַב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wait, lie, ambush, lay, lurk, and ambushes. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.