Ambush
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Joshua 8:4-26 Judges 9:30-45 Jeremiah 51:12
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Joshua 8:1 Judges 9:25 Hosea 6:9 Judges 9:43-45 Judges 20:29-43 1 Samuel 15:5 2 Chronicles 13:13 Ezra 8:31
The psalmists asked for God's help against wicked persons who sought to ambush them ( Psalm 10:8 ; Psalm 59:3 ; Psalm 64:4 ; compare Proverbs 1:11 ,Proverbs 1:11, 1:18 ). Jeremiah accused his people of spiritual ambush against one another ( Jeremiah 9:8 ). He also called for ambushes to defeat Babylon ( Jeremiah 51:12 ). The people of Jerusalem lamented that the enemy had used ambushes to defeat and destroy the city and nation ( Lamentations 4:19 ). Paul's nephew saved him from Jewish plans to ambush him as the Roman authorities transferred him from Jerusalem to Caehysarea ( Acts 23:12-33 ; compare Acts 25:3 ).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
AMBUSH . See War.
King James Dictionary [4]
AM'BUSH, n.
1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by surprise.
2. The state of lying concealed, for the purpose of attacking by surprise a lying in wait.
3. The troops posted in a concealed place for attacking by surprise.
Lay thee an ambush for the city. Joshua 8 .
AM'BUSH, To lie in wait for to surprise, by assailing unexpectedly from a concealed place.
AM'BUSH, To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise.
Nor saw the snake, that ambushed for his prey.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
am´boosh ( ארב , 'ārabh , "to set an ambush"; מארב , mā'ărābh , "an ambush"): A military stratagem in which a body of men are placed in concealment to surprise an enemy unawares, or to attack a point when temporarily undefended. This stratagem was employed successfully by Joshua at Ai (Josh 8). Jeremiah calls upon the Medes to "set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes" ( Jeremiah 51:12 ).
