אֹרֶב

o.rev

ambush

Strong’s H696Noun, masculine2 times in the Hebrew Bible

ambush2

In the text

Jeremiah 9:8אָרְבּוֹ
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Hosea 7:6בְּאָרְבָּם
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

[אֹ֫רֶב] n.[m.] ambuscade only fig.—

a. Je 9:7 i.e. he planneth treachery.

b. their intrigue Ho 7:6

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.