7 occurrences in 12 translations

'Wait' in the Bible

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Verse ConceptsGoing TogetherAmbushAttempting To KillFun

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Verse ConceptsRetributionAmbush

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Verse ConceptsHarlotsCorners

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfAmbush

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Verse ConceptsAmbushUnfaithful

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Verse ConceptsWaitingAmbush

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπιβουλή 
Epiboule 
Usage: 4

ἐκδέχομαι 
Ekdechomai 
Usage: 8

ἐνεδρεύω 
Enedreuo 
Usage: 2

προσκαρτερέω 
Proskartereo 
Usage: 10

ἀναμένω 
Anemeno 
Usage: 1

ἀπεκδέχομαι 
Apekdechomai 
Usage: 7

ἔνεδρον 
Enedron 
lying in wait
Usage: 1

μεθοδεία 
methodeia 
lie in wait , wile
Usage: 2

περιμένω 
Perimeno 
Usage: 0

προσδέχομαι 
Prosdechomai 
Usage: 13

προσδοκάω 
Prosdokao 
Usage: 14

προσεδρεύω 
Prosedreuo 
wait at
Usage: 1

ὑπομονή 
Hupomone 
Usage: 26

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