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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.

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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.

Isaiah 60:9
H6960

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Jeremiah 5:26
H7789

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 9:8
H696

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jeremiah 14:22
H6960

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Lamentations 3:25
H6960

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26
H1748

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lamentations 4:19
H693

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 6:9
H2442

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Hosea 7:6
H693

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.

Hosea 12:6
H6960

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Micah 7:2
H693

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.

Micah 7:7
H3176

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Habakkuk 2:3
H2442

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Zephaniah 3:8
H2442

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Mark 3:9
G4342

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Luke 11:54
G1748

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 12:36
G4327

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Acts 1:4
G4037

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

Acts 20:3
G1917

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Acts 20:19
G1917

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

Acts 23:16
G1749

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

Acts 23:21
G1748

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Acts 23:30
G1917

And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 25:3
G1747

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

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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