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kum´bẽr, (καταÏγεÌω, katargeÌoÌ„, “to make idle,†πεÏισπαÌομαι, perispaÌomai, “to be drawn about,†in mind “to be distractedâ€): Spoken of the barren fig tree in the parable: “Cut it down; why doth it also cumber (block up, make unproductive) the ground?†(). Cumbered means to be over-occupied with cares or business, distracted: “But Martha was cumbered about much serving†(). The word cumbrance occurs only in : “How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance?†(טרח, tÌ£orahÌ£, “an encumbrance,†“a burdenâ€). Compare , where the Revised Version, margin has “cumbrance,†the Revised Version (British and American) “trouble.