Strong’s G1917 · Greek
ἐπιβουλή
epiboulḗ · ep-ee-boo-lay'
Origin from a presumed compound of ἐπί (G1909) and βούλομαι (G1014);
Meaning a plan against someone, i.e. a plot
In the King James Version laying (lying) in wait.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
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.