ἐνέδρ-α, ἡ,
I
1. sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, Th. 5.56 (pl.), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. 3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται X. Eq.Mag. 4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι D.S. 19.108; θέσθαι Plu. Rom. 23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν X. Cyr. 8.5.14; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι ib. 5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. Th. 4.67. men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐζανιστάναι X. HG 4.8.37.
2. metaph., trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης Pl. Lg. 908d, cf. D. 19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα Antiph. 124.7; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opp. φανερῶς, Ph. 2.422; μετ’ ἐνέδρας App. BC 1.30, cf. Archig.ap Orib. 8.2.20.
II position, ναρθήκων Hp. Fract. 16, 27. III delay, περί τι POxy. 62.10 (iii A.D.), etc.
G1747 — ἔνεδρα
ἐνέδρας, ἡ (from ἐν and ἕδρα a seat), a lying in wait, ambush: [Act 23:16] (Rec.st τό ἔνεδρον, which see); ἐνέδραν ποιεῖν, [Act 25:3]. (the Sept.; Thucydides and following.)
ἐν - έδρα , - ας , ἡ
( < ἕδρα , a seat),
[in LXX : [Jos 8:7-9], [Psa 10:8] (H693) * ;]
a lying in wait, an ambush: [Act 23:16] ( Rec. ἔνεδρον , a form freq . in LXX ), [Act 25:8]. †