Ambush
Bible Usage:
- ambush used 7 times.
- ambushes used once.
- ambushment used twice.
- ambushments used once.
- First Reference: Joshua 8:2
- Last Reference: Joshua 8:21
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Joshua 8:4-26). Shechem was taken in this manner (Judges 9:30-45. Comp. Jeremiah 51:12).
Instances of:
At Ai
Joshua 8:2-22
At Shechem
Judges 9:25; Judges 9:34
At Gibeah
Judges 20:29-41
Near Zemaraim
2 Chronicles 13:13
By Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 20:22
Armies
Figurative
Jeremiah 51:12
AM'BUSH, noun
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 8:2.
AM'BUSH, verb transitive To lie in wait for; to surprise, by assailing unexpectedly from a concealed place.
AM'BUSH, verb intransitive To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise.
Nor saw the snake, that ambushed for his prey.
AM'BUSHED, participle passive Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.
AM'BUSHING, participle present tense Lying in wait for; attacking from a concealed station.
AM'BUSHMENT, noun An ambush; which see.
Bible Usage:
- ambush used 7 times.
- ambushes used once.
- ambushment used twice.
- ambushments used once.
- First Reference: Joshua 8:2
- Last Reference: Joshua 8:21
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: