Lexicon
ἐνέδρα
enedra
G1747
G:N-F Greek

plot/ambush

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enedra denotes a planned ambush, including a scheme to kill someone on the road.

The attested use denotes a planned hostile scheme: one is reported to Paul, and another is arranged to kill a man while he travels on the road.

Senses in use

  1. A planned hostile scheme · dominant

    Both occurrences use the accusative singular feminine form in clauses concerning a concealed plan against someone. In Acts 23:16 the APB renders the report brought to Paul as news of “the plot”; in Acts 25:3 it renders a plan connected with sending a man to Jerusalem while others intend “to kill him on the road.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the plot” in Acts 23:16 and as a “plot” connected with killing someone on the road in Acts 25:3. These are whole-verse translation renderings rather than definitions.

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