ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ, ἐφεδρευοντες
EPHEDREUONTES, ephedreuontes
Sounds Like: eh-feh-DREH-oo-on-tes
Translations: lying in wait, ambushing, watching, waiting, a watcher, an ambusher
From the root: ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, masculine or feminine, nominative or accusative plural of the verb 'ἐφεδρεύω'. It describes someone who is lying in wait, ambushing, or watching for an opportunity. It can be used to describe a person or a group of people who are secretly observing or preparing to attack.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:130
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 24:114
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΟΙ — to lie in wait, to ambush, to plot against
- ἘΦΕΔΡΕΥΟΥΣΑΣ — lying in wait, ambushing, watching, waiting, being in reserve
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.