Strong’s G1748 · Greek
ἐνεδρεύω
enedreúō · en-ed-ryoo'-o
Origin from ἐνέδρα (G1747);
Meaning to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination
In the King James Version lay wait for.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 11:54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.