Ambush
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
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 ).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.
(2): (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.
(3): (v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
(4): (v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
(5): (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.
(6): (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
King James Dictionary [3]
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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
Joshua 8:4-26 Judges 9:30-45 Jeremiah 51:12
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
Ambush . See War.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
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 ).
