the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Encyclopedias
Discomfit; Discomfiture
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The King James Version errs in the translation in Isaiah 31:8 , where the meaning is obviously "to become subject to task work" or "to place a burden upon one." There seems also to be an unwarranted use of the word in Numbers 14:45 , where it means rather "to bruise" or "strike." The purest use is perhaps in 1 Samuel 14:20 , where the statement is made that "every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture."
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Discomfit; Discomfiture'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​d/discomfit-discomfiture.html. 1915.