2001 Translation

LOCHŌNTAS, lochōntas

Sounds Like: loh-KHOHN-tas

Translations: lying in wait, ambushing, setting an ambush, being in ambush

From the root: ΛΟΧΑΩ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: ΛΟΧΩΝΤΑΣ is the masculine nominative singular present active participle of the verb λοχάω. It describes someone who is actively lying in wait or setting an ambush. It is used to indicate an ongoing action of ambushing or being hidden in order to attack.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Active, Participle

Strong’s number: G3009 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 9 — 4:51
• Book 12 — 8:328

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 62:321

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΟΧΑΩ.

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.

• ΛΟΧΑΝ — to lie in wait, to ambush, to set an ambush
• ΛΟΧΑΣΘΑΙ — to lie in wait, to ambush, to set an ambush, to be ambushed, to be laid in wait for
• ΛΟΧΗΣΕΙ — he will lie in wait, he will ambush, he will set an ambush
• ΛΟΧΩΝΤΩΝ — lying in wait, ambushing, being in labor, giving birth

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