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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Bestead

Bestead

the rendering in Isaiah 8:21 , where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Bestead". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

King James Dictionary - Bestead

Bestead

Hard pressed; oppressed.

And they shall pass through it, hardly BESTEAD and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. ( Isaiah 8:21 )

Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)
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"Entry for 'Bestead'". A King James Dictionary.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bestead

BESTEAD

be-sted' (niqsheh, "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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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BESTEAD'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.