3993. maarab
Strong's Lexicon
maarab: West, sunset

Original Word: מַעֲרָב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: maarab
Pronunciation: mah-ah-RAHV
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ar-awb')
Definition: West, sunset
Meaning: an ambuscade

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from arab
Definition
an ambush
NASB Translation
ambush (4), lurking places (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַאֲרָב noun masculine ambushמַאֲרָב? Joshua 8:9 2t.; מַאְ֯רָב Judges 9:35; construct מַאֲרַב Psalm 10:8; —

1. a. ambush, place of lying-in-wait Joshua 8:9; Judges 9:35;

b. lurking-place Psalm 10:8 ("" מִסְתָּרִים).

2 liers-in-wait2Chronicles 13:13 (twice in verse) (compare ארב Participle)

אַרְבֵאל compare בֵּית אַרְבֵאל, below בית.

אַרְבֶּה see below רבה.

אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה, אַרְבַּ֫עַת, אַרְבָּעִים etc. see רבע.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
lie in ambush, ambush, lurking place, lying in wait

From 'arab; an ambuscade -- lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

see HEBREW 'arab

Forms and Transliterations
בְּמַאְרַ֬ב במארב הַמַּאְרָ֔ב הַמַּאְרָֽב׃ המארב המארב׃ וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב והמארב bə·ma’·raḇ bəma’raḇ bemaRav ham·ma’·rāḇ hamma’rāḇ hammaRav vehammaRav wə·ham·ma’·rāḇ wəhamma’rāḇ
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 8:9
HEB: וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־ הַמַּאְרָ֔ב וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ בֵּ֧ין
NAS: and they went to the place of ambush and remained
KJV: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode
INT: went to ambush and remained between

Judges 9:35
HEB: אִתּ֖וֹ מִן־ הַמַּאְרָֽב׃
NAS: [were] with him arose from the ambush.
KJV: and the people that [were] with him, from lying in wait.
INT: for from the ambush

2 Chronicles 13:13
HEB: הֵסֵב֙ אֶת־ הַמַּאְרָ֔ב לָב֖וֹא מֵֽאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם
NAS: had set an ambush to come
KJV: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come
INT: Jeroboam had set an ambush to come the rear

2 Chronicles 13:13
HEB: לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: of Judah and the ambush was behind
KJV: Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind
INT: front of Judah and the ambush the rear

Psalm 10:8
HEB: יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים
NAS: He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
KJV: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:
INT: sits the lurking of the villages the hiding

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3993
5 Occurrences


bə·ma’·raḇ — 1 Occ.
ham·ma’·rāḇ — 3 Occ.
wə·ham·ma’·rāḇ — 1 Occ.

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