ἐνεδρεύωenedreúō
GreekG17482 occurrences (KJV)
to lurk, i.e. (figuratively) plot assassination
KJV renders it: lay wait for
Where it appears
- Luke 11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
- Acts 23:21Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.