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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ἐνέδρα G1747
Pronunciation enédra
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 It an ambush 1× Acts 25:3
plot 1× Acts 23:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 23:16
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
ἐνέδραν 2x enedran Acts 23:16, Acts 25:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 23:16, Acts 25:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Hostile concealment waiting to attack; ambush or plot against someone's life or safety.
Strong's G1747
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
plot/ambush
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 23:16 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐνέδραν, enedran
an ambush, plot, treachery, fraud
Read verse Acts 25:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἐνέδραν enedran
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 23:16 · Acts 25:3 2×
Word Origins
ἐνέδρα is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain