Strong G1747ἐνέδρα
plot/ambush
- Transliteration
- enedra
- Pronunciation
- en-ed'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐν-έδρα, -ας, ἡ
(ἕδρα, a seat), [in LXX: Jos.8:7-9, Psa.10:8 (אָרַב)*;]
a lying in wait, an ambush: Act.23:16 (Rec. ἔνεδρον, a form frequently in LXX), Act.25:8.†
(AS)
(ἕδρα, a seat), [in LXX: Jos.8:7-9, Psa.10:8 (אָרַב)*;]
a lying in wait, an ambush: Act.23:16 (Rec. ἔνεδρον, a form frequently in LXX), Act.25:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1747 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wait1
First verses
- Acts 25:3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐνέδρ-α, ἡ,
sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.56 (_plural_), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] 3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.108; θέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14)]; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67.)]
b men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐζανιστάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.37.)]
2 metaphorically, trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 124.7)]; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opposed to φανερῶς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.422; μετ᾽ ἐνέδρας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.30, cf. Archig.ap 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.2.20.)]
II position, ναρθήκων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 16, 27.)]
III delay, περί τι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 62.10 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.56 (_plural_), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] 3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.108; θέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14)]; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67.)]
b men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐζανιστάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.37.)]
2 metaphorically, trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 124.7)]; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opposed to φανερῶς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.422; μετ᾽ ἐνέδρας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.30, cf. Archig.ap 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.2.20.)]
II position, ναρθήκων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 16, 27.)]
III delay, περί τι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 62.10 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]