International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CUMBER; CUMBEREDkum'-ber, (katargeo, "to make idle," perispaomai, "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?" (Torach, "an encumbrance," "a burden"). Compare Isaiah 1:14, where the Revised Version, margin has "cumbrance," the Revised Version (British and American) "trouble."
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Jesus and the Bethany Sisters.
... "Martha was cumbered about much serving." A marginal reading gives, "was distracted.".
Perhaps there are many modern Christian housekeepers ...
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Let it be Supposed, that Our Lord was to Come Again for a While In ...
... supposed, that our Lord was to come again for a while in the flesh, and that his
coming was for this end, to do that for the Christian world cumbered with much ...
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Passages Referring to Bethany in the Sacred Narrative.
... But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to Him, and said, Lord,
dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? ...
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What a Friend we have in Jesus!
... Jesus knows our ev'ry weakness, Take it to the Lord in prayer. Are we weak
and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care? Precious ...
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His Marriage with Martha Savory.
... time and thoughts have been much occupied in fitting up our intended residence at
the cottage at Burton; and I may truly say, I have been cumbered about "many ...
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A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!
... She has even cumbered herself about much-serving for His sake, giving Him not only
necessaries but dainties, and will He not give her what is so desirable to ...
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Swooning and Reviving Christ's Feet.
... We are not here as ministers, cumbered with much serving, but we now sit
at His feet with Mary, or lean on His bosom with John. ...
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Jesus, Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
... But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord,
dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? ...
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Second Sermon for Epiphany
... the soul is stirred, and a strong craving springs up in it; and the more this deepest
ground of the soul is laid bare, and all that occupied and cumbered it is ...
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The Sluggard's Reproof
... He thought it his duty to reprove them a second time by saying, "Martha is cumbered
with much serving, but I have chosen the good part which shall not be taken ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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imp. & p. p.) of Cumber.
Thesaurus
Cumbered (1 Occurrence)... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Cumber. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CUMBER;
CUMBERED.
... Multi-Version Concordance
Cumbered (1 Occurrence).
.../c/cumbered.htm - 7kCumber (1 Occurrence)
... embarrass; to trouble. 2. (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. CUMBER; CUMBERED. kum'-ber, (katargeo ...
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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... A series of buildings of various styles, and of different ages, have cumbered the
ground, choked up the well, and disfigured the natural beauty and simplicity ...
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Martha (12 Occurrences)
... Martha, whose sense of responsibility as hostess weighed heavily upon her, was
"cumbered about much serving," and her indignation was aroused at the lack of ...
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Bid (35 Occurrences)
... Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? ...
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Cumbereth (1 Occurrence)
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Mary (50 Occurrences)
... She is contrasted with her sister Martha, who was "cumbered about many things" while
Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen "the good part." Her ...
/m/mary.htm - 72k
Year (4027 Occurrences)
... Not that the institution in itself was cumbered with any obstacles that could not
have been overcome; but what is more common than unbelief and unwillingness ...
/y/year.htm - 26k
Leave (341 Occurrences)
... Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and
said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? ...
/l/leave.htm - 35k
Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... the wages of unrighteousness, and yet a man who in one supreme moment of his life
surrendered himself to God's holy Spirit; a person cumbered with superstition ...
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Bible Concordance
Cumbered (1 Occurrence)Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
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Cumbered
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Cumber (1 Occurrence)
Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
Martha (12 Occurrences)
Bid (35 Occurrences)
Cumbereth (1 Occurrence)
Mary (50 Occurrences)
Year (4027 Occurrences)
Leave (341 Occurrences)
Balaam (62 Occurrences)
Jubilee (25 Occurrences)
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