Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
the First Sunday of Lent
the First Sunday of Lent
There are 42 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Lie in Wait
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
"to lie in wait for, to lay wait for" (from en, "in," and hedra, "a seat," cp. B), occurs in Luke 11:54 , "laying wait for;" Acts 23:21 , "there lie in wait for."
Note: In Acts 23:30 , the word epiboule, "a plot," necessitates the RV "(that there would be) a plot." For Ephesians 4:14 , AV, see WILES.akin to A, "a lying in wait, an ambush," occurs in Acts 23:16 (where some mss. have the form enedron); Acts 25:3 , "laying wait," lit., "making an ambush." In the Sept., Joshua 8:7,9; Psalm 10:8 .
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lie in Wait'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/lie-in-wait.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lie in Wait'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/lie-in-wait.html. 1940.
