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ἐνεδρεύω

MainId: 001763000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1748

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001763001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἑδραῖος', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001763001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.51

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Ambush

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-28 09:59:32

         DefinitionShort: to conceal oneself or to proceed secretly, while waiting for an appropriate opportunity to attack

         Glosses: ['to be in an ambush', 'to make plans for a secret attack', 'ambush']

         Comments: Since ambushing is such a widespread method of warfare and private attack, there is usually little or no difficulty involved in finding an appropriate term and using it in what might be called an anticipatory sense, that is to say, the employment of an ambush despite the fact that it was not finally successful.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 23:21

   2. LEXID: 001763001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 30.70

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Think

      LEXSubDomains: To Intend, To Purpose, To Plan

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-28 09:59:32

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:ἐνεδρεύω}[a] ‘to lie in ambush,’ to lie in wait in order to attack, {D:39.51}) to plan, with the specific purpose of harming

         Glosses: ['to plot', 'to make plans against']

      LEXReferences: LUKE 11:54