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Cumber; Cumbered
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
kum´bẽr , (καταργέω , katargéō , "to make idle," περισπάομαι , perispáomai , "to be drawn about," in mind "to be distracted"): Spoken of the barren fig tree in the parable: "Cut it down; why doth it also cumber (block up, make unproductive) the ground?" (Luke 13:7 ). Cumbered means to be over-occupied with cares or business, distracted: "But Martha was cumbered about much serving" (Luke 10:40 ). The word cumbrance occurs only in Deuteronomy 1:12 : "How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance?" ( טרח , ṭoraḥ , "an encumbrance," "a burden"). Compare Isaiah 1:14 , where the Revised Version, margin has "cumbrance," the Revised Version (British and American) "trouble.»Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Cumber; Cumbered'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/cumber-cumbered.html. 1915.