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Mischief
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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mis´chif : The word, in the sense of "hurt" or "evil" befalling, plotted against, or done to, anyone, represents a variety of Hebrew terms (e.g. 'āṣōn , the King James Version Genesis 42:4; Genesis 44:29; Exodus 21:22; ra‛ , 1 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 16:8; 1 Kings 11:25 , etc.; ‛āmāl , Psalm 7:14 , Psalm 7:16; Psalm 10:7 , Psalm 10:14; Proverbs 24:2 , etc.). Sometimes the Revised Version (British and American) changes the word, as to "evil" (Exodus 32:12 , Exodus 32:22 ); in Acts 13:10 , to "villany" (ῥαδιουργία , rhadiourgı́a ).
In the Revised Version (British and American) Apocrypha the word is used for κακά , kaká , "evils," Additions to Esther 13:5 (compare Sirach 19:28 ); κακία , kakı́a , "evil," 1 Maccabees 7:23; and Latin malum , "evil," 2 Esdras 15:56. "Mischievous" is used, Additions to Esther 14:19 , for πονηρεύομαι , ponēreúomai , "to be evil." The use in the King James Version Apocrypha is considerably more extended ( Sirach 11:33; 19:27; 27:27 , etc.).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Mischief'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/m/mischief.html. 1915.
