What does ἐνέδρα (enédra) mean in the Bible?
ἐνέδρα (enédra): Hostile concealment waiting to attack; ambush or plot against someone's life or safety.
Greek · G1747
ἐνέδρα
Plot/ambush
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ἐνέδραG1747
Pronunciationenédra
What does ἐνέδρα (enédra) mean in the Bible?
ἐνέδρα (enédra): Hostile concealment waiting to attack; ambush or plot against someone's life or safety.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1747?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an ambush (1), plot (1).
Where does ἐνέδρα (enédra) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 23:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itan ambush1×Acts 25:3
plot1×Acts 23:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 23:16
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Acts2
Source forms
ἐνέδραν2xenedranActs 23:16, Acts 25:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xActs 23:16, Acts 25:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Hostile concealment waiting to attack; ambush or plot against someone's life or safety.
Strong'sG1747
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
plot/ambush
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 23:16Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐνέδραν,enedran
an ambush, plot, treachery, fraud
Read verseActs 25:3Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐνέδρανenedran
an ambush, plot, treachery, fraud
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 23:16 · Acts 25:32×
Word Origins
ἐνέδρα is built from these roots: