# H3993 מַאֲרָב

מַאֲרָב (maʼărâb), Strong’s H3993: an ambuscade KJV: lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.. Occurs 5 times.

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*maʼărâb* — an ambuscade

KJV: lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

Derived from [אָרַב ʼârab](https://besorah.bible/word/H693) (to lurk)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַאֲרָב n.m. ambush—
- a ambush, place of lying-in-wait
- b lurking-place
- 2 liers-in-wait

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/8?v=9) — Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai; but…
- [Judges 9:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/9?v=35) — Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Abimelech rose up, and the people who…
- [Psalms 10:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/10?v=8) — He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the…
- [2 Chronicles 13:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/13?v=13) — But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.