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cumbered burdened, distracted
Luke 10:40 — Martha was "cumbered about much serving". It survives in encumbered.
Means: burdened, distractedIn the KJV: 3 timesNo longer in ordinary English
Forms in the text
cumbrance 1×cumbered 1×cumbereth 1×
The word behind it
טֹרַח · H2960 · a burden · 1×περισπάω · G4049 · to drag all around, i.e. (figuratively)… · 1×καταργέω · G2673 · to be (render) entirely idle (useless)… · 1×
Where it appears
All 3 verses.
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Common questions
What does "cumbered" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version cumbered means burdened, distracted. Luke 10:40 — Martha was "cumbered about much serving". It survives in encumbered.
How many times does "cumbered" appear in the King James Version?
3 times, counting its other forms (cumbrance 1 time, cumbered 1 time, cumbereth 1 time).
What Hebrew word is behind "cumbered"?
Most often טֹרַח (ṭôrach), Strong's H2960, meaning a burden.
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