KJV Dictionary Definition: ambush

ambush

AM'BUSH, n.

1. A private or concealed station, where troops lie in wait to attack their enemy by surprise.

2. The state of lying concealed, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; a lying in wait.

3. The troops posted in a concealed place for attacking by surprise.

Lay thee an ambush for the city. Josh. 8.

AM'BUSH, v.t. To lie in wait for; to surprise, by assailing unexpectedly from a concealed place.

AM'BUSH, v.i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise.

Nor saw the snake, that ambushed for his prey.

ambushed

AM'BUSHED, pp. Lain in wait for; suddenly attacked from a concealed station.

ambushing

AM'BUSHING, ppr. Lying in wait for; attacking from a concealed station.

ambushment

AM'BUSHMENT, n. An ambush; which see.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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