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ἐνεδρεύω

MainId: 001763000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1748

BaseForms:

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