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ἐνεδρεύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐνεδρεύω
Greek transliteration: 
enedreuō
Simplified transliteration: 
enedreuo
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1748
GK Number: 
1910
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1a(6)
Gloss: 
to wait in ambush, lie in wait for
Definition: 
to lie in wait, or ambush for, Acts 23:21; to endeavor to entrap, Lk. 11:54*

Greek-English Concordance for ἐνεδρεύω

Luke 11:54 plotting (enedreuontes | ἐνεδρεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) against him, to catch him in something from his mouth.
Acts 23:21 But you should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying (enedreuousin | ἐνεδρεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) in wait for him and have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. And now they are ready, awaiting your consent.”