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Ambush (39 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived
the inhabitants that he gained an easy victory (Joshua 8:4-26). ...AMBUSH. ...
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Gib'e-ah (45 Occurrences)
... men who drew the sword. (DBY RSV). Judges 20:29 So Israel set men in ambush
round about Gib'e-ah. (DBY RSV). Judges 20:30 And the ...
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Ai (32 Occurrences)
... Set an ambush for the city behind it." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV
NIV). Joshua 8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. ...
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Rear (46 Occurrences)
... done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its
spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the ...
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Rushed (24 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:19 The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as
he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it. ...
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Push (23 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:37 and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush
draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword ...
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Breaketh (49 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith
unto him, 'Philistines 'are' upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as ...
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Await (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To wait (on or upon). 7. (vi) To wait; to stay in waiting. 8. (n.) A waiting
for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AWAIT ...
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Arab (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua
15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh. Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) One ...
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Signal (18 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush
was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city ...
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Captured (143 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:19 and the ambush hath risen 'with' haste, out of its place, and they run
at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and ...
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Draweth (52 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:37 and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush
draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/draweth.htm - 21k

West (110 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:9 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 Joshua stayed among the ...
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Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:25 And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain
tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told ...
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Spent (76 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:9 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 Joshua stayed among the ...
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Wait (223 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. 8. (vi) Ambush. 9 ... Judges
16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner chamber. She ...
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Ambitious (6 Occurrences)

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Inner (141 Occurrences)
... permitted him to go in, (YLT). Judges 16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting
in the inner chamber. She said to him, "The Philistines ...
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Chamber (73 Occurrences)
... him to go in. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). Judges 16:9 Now she had an
ambush waiting in the inner chamber. She said to him, "The ...
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Behind (188 Occurrences)
... plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it." (WEB KJV
JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 8:4 He commanded them ...
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Hiding (53 Occurrences)
... 9:35 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the
city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush...
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Smiteth (156 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:37 and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush
draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword ...
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Bethel (67 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:9 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 Joshua stayed among the ...
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Seize (91 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for
the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. (KJV WBS RSV). ...
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Troops (92 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Chronicles 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind
them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them. (See RSV NIV). ...
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Broke (153 Occurrences)
... head, and broke his skull. (WEB JPS WBS). Judges 16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting
in the inner chamber. She said to him, "The Philistines ...
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Abimelech (63 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:25 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told ...
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Hasted (35 Occurrences)
... went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before
the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him ...
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Hastened (48 Occurrences)
... city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him ...
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Hasten (49 Occurrences)
... went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
in front of the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him ...
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Volume (4 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:38 And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush --
their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city. (YLT). ...
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Occupied (32 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Joshua 8:7 and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city,
and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand; (YLT). ...
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Overlooking (11 Occurrences)
... went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him ...
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Lodgeth (13 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:9 And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide
between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in ...
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Lurks (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lurks (3 Occurrences). Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret
as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. ...
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Liers (11 Occurrences)
... went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before
the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... on a table. 14. (vt) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide;
as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan. 15. (vt) To spread ...
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Ga'al (8 Occurrences)
... 9:35 And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of
the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush. ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/ga'al.htm - 8k

Gaal (10 Occurrences)
... 9:35 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the
city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gaal.htm - 10k

Gangs (1 Occurrence)
... Hosea 6:9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder
in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. (WEB). ...
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Watchers (16 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 51:12 Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch,
Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and ...
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Waylay (3 Occurrences)
... (vt) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for
the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. ...
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Thongs (7 Occurrences)
... she bound him with them. (See NIV). Judges 16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting
in the inner chamber. She said to him, "The Philistines ...
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Trap (35 Occurrences)
... trap for foxes. 5. (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device
by which one may be caught unawares. 6. (n.) A wooden ...
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Tops (37 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:25 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tops.htm - 18k

Tow (3 Occurrences)
... margin). Multi-Version Concordance Tow (3 Occurrences). Judges 16:9 Now
she had an ambush waiting in the inner chamber. She said ...
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Robbed (27 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:25 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told ...
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Ropes (32 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him,
"The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The ambush was waiting in the inner ...
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Rob (27 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:25 The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rob.htm - 15k

Readiness (17 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:4 And he commanded them, saying: 'Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against
the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/readiness.htm - 11k

Raiders (12 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Hosea 6:9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of
priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. (See NAS) ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/raiders.htm - 9k

Ebed (7 Occurrences)
... 9:35 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the
city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ebed.htm - 9k

Easily (15 Occurrences)
... us!" (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV). Judges 16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting in
the inner chamber. She said to him, "The Philistines are ...
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Encampment (8 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the
city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night ...
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Delilah (7 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him,
"The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The ambush was waiting in the inner ...
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Discovered (46 Occurrences)
... made of it; (See NAS NIV). Judges 16:9 Now she had an ambush waiting in
the inner chamber. She said to him, "The Philistines are ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/discovered.htm - 21k

Draws (20 Occurrences)
... Job 36:27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. ...
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Maarehgeba
... ba (ma`areh gebha`; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maraagabe; Codex Alexandrinus dusmon
tes Gabaa): The place where the men of Israel lay in ambush, from which ...
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Murderous (2 Occurrences)
... arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with
his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush. (DBY). ...
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Maareh-geba (1 Occurrence)
... ba (ma`areh gebha`; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maraagabe; Codex Alexandrinus dusmon
tes Gabaa): The place where the men of Israel lay in ambush, from which ...
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Main (17 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the
city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night ...
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Prejudice (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:3 asking it as a favour, to Paul's prejudice--to have him brought to Jerusalem.
They were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. (WEY). ...
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Planning (8 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:3 asking it as a favour, to Paul's prejudice--to have him brought to Jerusalem.
They were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. (WEY RSV). ...
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Positions (41 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the
city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night ...
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Paul's (34 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:3 asking it as a favour, to Paul's prejudice--to have him brought to Jerusalem.
They were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. (WEY). ...
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Ba'al-ta'mar (1 Occurrence)
... 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in
array at Ba'al-ta'mar; and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of ...
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Bindeth (25 Occurrences)
... 16:12 And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith
unto him, 'Philistines 'are' upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding ...
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Booty (32 Occurrences)
... you shall take for a plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city
behind it." (See RSV). Joshua 8:27 Only the livestock and ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/booty.htm - 18k

Beth-el (65 Occurrences)
... (ASV BBE JPS WBS). Joshua 8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them
in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. ...
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Benjaminites (32 Occurrences)
... The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men
in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah. (DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Capture (53 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:19 and the ambush hath risen 'with' haste, out of its place, and they run
at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and ...
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Catches (7 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait
to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/catches.htm - 8k

Ambushment (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) An ambush. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
AMBUSHMENT. am'-boosh-ment (as above) has now disappeared ...
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Alert (19 Occurrences)
... devour. (WEY NAS NIV). Joshua 8:4 He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you
shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don ...
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Arrange (19 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:33 And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange
themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its ...
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Ambushers (5 Occurrences)

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Smelling (8 Occurrences)
... Judges 16:9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith
unto him, 'Philistines 'are' upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/smelling.htm - 9k

Seizes (16 Occurrences)
... It binds me about as the collar of my coat. (See RSV). Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret
as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. ...
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Slaughtering (14 Occurrences)
... 8 A slaughtering arrow 'is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace
with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush, (YLT ...
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Stationed (49 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the
city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night ...
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