KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 21:13
Complete exact-word concordance
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sonnes, and they shall waite on their priests office: and the stranger that commeth nigh, shall bee put to death.
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites: from twentie and fiue yeeres old, and vpward, they shall goe in to waite vpon the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to warre the warfare of &c.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurle at him by laying of waite that he die,
1611 marginal noteDeut. 19.11.
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
But if hee thrust him suddenly without enmitie, or haue cast vpon him any thing without laying of wait,
1611 marginal noteExod. 21.13.
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Historical English dictionary sources
an ambush.
