Exodus 21:13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Read in context →And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Read in context →24 occurrences in 21 verses.
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ʼârab · aw-rab'
to lurk
Strong's KJV usage: (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 19:11Strong's last: Micah 7:2
Open full H693 profile →qâvâh · kaw-vaw'
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
Strong's KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Strong's first: Job 17:13Strong's last: Hosea 12:6
Open full H6960 profile →châkâh · khaw-kaw'
properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
Strong's KJV usage: long, tarry, wait.
Strong's first: Isaiah 8:17Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:8
Open full H2442 profile →yâchal · yaw-chal'
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 6:33Strong's last: Micah 7:7
Open full H3176 profile →epiboulḗ · ep-ee-boo-lay'
a plan against someone, i.e. a plot
Strong's KJV usage: :--laying (lying) in wait.
Strong's first: Acts 20:3Strong's last: Acts 23:30
Open full G1917 profile →shâmar · shaw-mar'
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 5:11Strong's last: Psalms 71:10
Open full H8104 profile →enedreúō · en-ed-ryoo'-o
to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination
Strong's KJV usage: :--lay wait for.
Strong's first: Luke 11:54Strong's last: Acts 23:21
Open full G1748 profile →tsᵉdîyâh · tsed-ee-yaw'
design
Strong's KJV usage: lying in wait.
Strong's first: Numbers 35:20Strong's last: Numbers 35:22
Open full H6660 profile →sâbar · saw-bar'
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
Strong's KJV usage: hope, tarry, view, wait.
Strong's first: Psalms 104:27Strong's last: Psalms 145:15
Open full H7663 profile →enédra · en-ed'-rah
an ambuscade, i.e. (figuratively) murderous purpose
Strong's KJV usage: :--lay wait.
Strong's first: Acts 25:3Strong's last: Acts 25:3
Open full G1747 profile →énedron · en'-ed-ron
an ambush, i.e. (figuratively) murderous design
Strong's KJV usage: :--lying in wait.
Strong's first: Acts 23:16Strong's last: Acts 23:16
Open full G1749 profile →methodeía · meth-od-i'-ah
travelling over, i.e. travesty (trickery)
Strong's KJV usage: :--wile, lie in wait.
Strong's first: Ephesians 4:14Strong's last: Ephesians 4:14
Open full G3180 profile →periménō · per-ee-men'-o
to stay around, i.e. await
Strong's KJV usage: :--wait for.
Strong's first: Acts 1:4Strong's last: Acts 1:4
Open full G4037 profile →prosdéchomai · pros-dekh'-om-ahee
to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.
Strong's first: Luke 12:36Strong's last: Luke 12:36
Open full G4327 profile →prosedreúō · pros-ed-ryoo'-o
to sit near, i.e. attend as a servant
Strong's KJV usage: :--wait at.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 9:13Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 9:13
Open full G4332 profile →proskarteréō · pros-kar-ter-eh'-o
to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor)
Strong's KJV usage: :--attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually).
Strong's first: Mark 3:9Strong's last: Mark 3:9
Open full G4342 profile →ʼereb · eh'-reb
ambuscade
Strong's KJV usage: den, lie in wait.
Strong's first: Job 38:40Strong's last: Job 38:40
Open full H695 profile →ʼôreb · o'-reb
Strong's KJV usage: wait.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 9:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 9:8
Open full H696 profile →dûwmâm · doo-mawm'
still; adverbially, silently
Strong's KJV usage: dumb, silent, quietly wait.
Strong's first: Lamentations 3:26Strong's last: Lamentations 3:26
Open full H1748 profile →dâmam · daw-man'
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Strong's KJV usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Strong's first: Psalms 62:5Strong's last: Psalms 62:5
Open full H1826 profile →yâd · yawd
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 23:28Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 23:28
Open full H3027 profile →maʼărâb · mah-ar-awb'
an ambuscade
Strong's KJV usage: lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
Strong's first: Judges 9:35Strong's last: Judges 9:35
Open full H3993 profile →ʻâqêb · aw-kabe'
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Strong's KJV usage: heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for 6120), (foot-) step.
Strong's first: Joshua 8:13Strong's last: Joshua 8:13
Open full H6119 profile →tsâbâʼ · tsaw-baw'
to mass (an army or servants)
Strong's KJV usage: assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
Strong's first: Numbers 8:24Strong's last: Numbers 8:24
Open full H6633 profile →tsâdâh · tsaw-daw'
to chase; by implication, to desolate
Strong's KJV usage: destroy, hunt, lie in wait.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:13Strong's last: Exodus 21:13
Open full H6658 profile →rîyb · reeb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:5Strong's last: 1 Samuel 15:5
Open full H7378 profile →shûwr · shoor
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
Strong's KJV usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 5:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:26
Open full H7789 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
24 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
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.
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.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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.
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
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WAIT, verb intransitive [The sense is to stop, or to continue.]
1. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary, till the arrival of some person or event. Thus we say, I went to the place of meeting, and there waited an hour for the moderator or chairman. I will go to the hotel, and there wait till you come. We will wait for the mail.
2. To stay proceedings, or suspend any business, in expectation of some person, event, or the arrival of some hour. The court was obliged to wait for a witness.
3. To rest in expectation and patience.
All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come. Job 14:14.
4. To stay; not to depart.
Haste, my dear father, tis no time to wait
5. To stay; to continue by reason of hindrance.
6. To lie in ambush, as an enemy.
Such ambush waited to intercept thy way.
To wait on or upon, to attend, as a servant; to perform menial services for; as, to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table.
To wait on,
1. To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony. Tell the gentleman I will wait on him at ten oclock.
2. To pay servile or submissive attendance.
3. To follow, as a consequence; as the ruin that waits on such a supine temper. [Instead of this, we use await.]
4. To look watchfully.
It is a point of cunning to wait on him with whom you speak, with your eye. [Unusual.]
5. To attend to; to perform.
Aaron and his sons shall wait on their priests office. Numbers 3:10, 8. Romans 12:7.
6. To be ready to serve; to obey. Psalms 25:3. Proverbs 20:22.
To wait at, to attend in service; to perform service at. 1 Corinthians 9:13.
To wait for, to watch, as an enemy. Job 15:22.
WAIT, verb transitive
1. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of the arrival of.
Awd with these words, in camps they still abide, and wait with longing eyes their promisd guide. [Elliptical for wait for.]
2. To attend; to accompany with submission or respect.
He chose a thousand horse, the flowr of all his warlike troops, to wait the funeral. [This use is not justifiable, but by poetical license.]
3. To attend as a consequence of something.
Such doom waits luxury--
[Not in use. In this sense we use attend or attend on.]
WAIT, noun Ambush. As a noun, this word is used only in certain phrases. To lie in wait is to lie in ambush; to be secreted in order to fall by surprise on an enemy; hence figuratively, to lay snares, or to make insidious attempts, or to watch for the purpose of ensnaring. Joshua 8:4.
In wait is used in a like sense by Milton.
To lay wait to set an ambush. Jeremiah 9:8.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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