ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΕΙΝ, ἐφεδρευειν
EPHEDREUEIN, ephedreuein
Sounds Like: eh-feh-DREH-oo-een
Translations: to lie in wait, to ambush, to plot against, to watch for
From the root: ΕΦΕΔΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to lie in wait for someone or something, often with hostile intent. It implies a hidden or concealed position from which one observes or prepares to attack. It can also mean to plot or conspire against someone.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 2:40
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:103
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΦΕΔΡΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΟΝΤΑ — lying in wait, ambushing, watching, observing, a watcher, an observer
- ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ — lying in wait, ambushing, plotting, those lying in wait, those ambushing, those plotting
- ΕΦΕΔΡΕΥ — to lie in wait, to lie in ambush, to watch, to observe, to be on the watch
- ΕΦΕΔΡΕΥΩ — to lie in wait, to ambush, to plot against, to watch for
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