International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Disappoint

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Disappoint


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dis-a-point´: “To disappoint” may be used transitively or intransitively. In the former case it naturally has a more forceful meaning. Therefore the Revised Version (British and American) changes the translation of the King James Version wherever “disappoint” is used with an object: , “frustrateth”; , “confront him,” the Revised Version, margin “forestall”; Judith 16:6, “brought them to nought”; but the Revised Version (British and American) retains “disappoint” where the person wh disappoints is not expressed. Compare .