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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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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

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.

Psalms 59:9
H8104

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Psalms 62:5
H1826

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Psalms 69:3
H3176

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalms 69:6
H6960

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.

Psalms 71:10
H8104

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Psalms 104:27
H7663

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

Psalms 123:2
no direct Strong's tag

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.

Psalms 130:5
H6960

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Psalms 130:5
H6960

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Psalms 145:15
H7663

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Proverbs 1:11
H693

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:18
H693

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 7:12
H693

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 12:6
H693

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 20:22
no direct Strong's tag

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 23:28
H693

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 24:15
H693

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Isaiah 8:17
H2442

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isaiah 30:18
H2442

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 30:18
H2442

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 40:31
H6960

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 42:4
H3176

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 49:23
H6960

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Isaiah 51:5
H6960

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

Isaiah 59:9
H6960

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

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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