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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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bē̇ -sted ´ (נקשׁה , niḳsheh , "caught in a snare," "entrapped"; as Judah hard pressed in their own land by the Assyrians (Isaiah 8:21 the King James Version)): Found only here. Old English word steden meaning "place," hence, "set," "beset"; usually with "ill," "sorely bested." In the Revised Version (British and American) rendered "sore distressed.»

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bestead'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/bestead.html. 1915.

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