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CHAFE

chaf (mar, "bitter"; hence, bitter of soul, deadly, destructive, ferocious, "as a bear robbed of her whelps"): Occurs only in 2 Sam 17:8; used by Hushai to characterize David's supposedly fierce mood at the time of Absalom's armed rebellion.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'chafe'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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