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Wait

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106exact KJV occurrences 90Old Testament 16New Testament 28books containing the word 27mapped Strong's IDs 96occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Thessalonians 1:10

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where wait appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG1917
ἐπιβουλή

epiboulḗ · ep-ee-boo-lay'

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a plan against someone, i.e. a plot

Strong's KJV usage: :--laying (lying) in wait.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 20:3Strong's last: Acts 23:30

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HebrewH8104
שָׁמַר

shâmar · shaw-mar'

3 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG1748
ἐνεδρεύω

enedreúō · en-ed-ryoo'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG1747
ἐνέδρα

enédra · en-ed'-rah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

an ambuscade, i.e. (figuratively) murderous purpose

Strong's KJV usage: :--lay wait.

Strong's first: Acts 25:3Strong's last: Acts 25:3

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GreekG1749
ἔνεδρον

énedron · en'-ed-ron

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG3180
μεθοδεία

methodeía · meth-od-i'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

travelling over, i.e. travesty (trickery)

Strong's KJV usage: :--wile, lie in wait.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ephesians 4:14Strong's last: Ephesians 4:14

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GreekG4037
περιμένω

periménō · per-ee-men'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to stay around, i.e. await

Strong's KJV usage: :--wait for.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 1:4Strong's last: Acts 1:4

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GreekG4342
προσκαρτερέω

proskarteréō · pros-kar-ter-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH695
אֶרֶב

ʼereb · eh'-reb

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

ambuscade

Strong's KJV usage: den, lie in wait.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 38:40Strong's last: Job 38:40

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HebrewH3027
יָד

yâd · yawd

1 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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

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HebrewH7378
רִיב

rîyb · reeb

1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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106 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

1 Samuel 22:8
H693

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
H693

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 inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

2 Kings 6:33
H3176

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

1 Chronicles 23:28
H3027

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

2 Chronicles 5:11
H8104

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:

2 Chronicles 13:10
no direct Strong's tag

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

Ezra 8:31
H693

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 14:14
H3176

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job 17:13
H6960

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 31:9
H693

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Job 38:40
H695

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Psalms 10:9
H693

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 10:9
H693

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 25:3
H6960

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalms 25:5
H6960

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalms 25:21
H6960

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Psalms 27:14
H6960

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalms 27:14
H6960

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalms 37:7
no direct Strong's tag

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.

Psalms 37:9
H6960

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 37:34
H6960

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.

Psalms 39:7
H6960

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Psalms 52:9
H6960

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.

Psalms 56:6
H6960

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalms 59:3
H693

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

wait

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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