ἐνεδρεύω
enedreúō · G1748 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to be in an ambush, to make plans for a secret attack, ambush
To conceal oneself or to proceed secretly, while waiting for an appropriate opportunity to attack
ExamplesActs 23:21 “So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are in hiding to ambush him, and these men have put themselves under an oath not to eat or drink until they kill him; and now they are ready and waiting for assurance from you.”
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to plot, to make plans against
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐνεδρεύω ‘to lie in ambush,’ to lie in wait in order to attack) To plan, with the specific purpose of harming
ExamplesLuke 11:54 plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- אָרַב ʼârab · H693 · to lie in wait, to lay an ambush, to lurk
- Hebrew אָרַב (ʼârab, H693) denotes lying in ambush or waiting in concealment (typically military or predatory context), directly corresponding to Greek ἐνεδρεύω (enedreúō, G1748) which means to lurk or plot from concealment, with both terms sharing the core semantic domain of concealed hostile waiting; the Greek term extends more naturally into figurative assassination-plotting while the Hebrew remains closer to literal ambush scenarios, but the underlying concept of hidden hostile intent is identical across both languages.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To plot, to make plans against30.70
- This verb describes plotting or scheming against someone, used of the scribes and Pharisees plotting to trap Jesus in His words — "plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say" (Luke 11:54).
- Ambush, planning a secret attack39.51
- It also describes lying in wait to carry out a violent ambush, used of the more than forty men who had bound themselves by oath to ambush and kill Paul — "for more than forty of them are in hiding to ambush him, and these men have put themselves under an oath not to eat or drink until they kill him" (Acts 23:21).
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ἔνεδρα); to lie in wait for, to lay wait for, prepare a trap for: τινα, a person, Lk…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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