Does the english bible define what the word upbraid means? in and of itself?

Question

or does one need to go to OLD english dictionaries to find what it means? an extra biblical scource for the truth or not?

Answer 1

It means to take apart like to unbraid your hair or to take apart something or someone. God heals people and makes a person's soul stronger. God does not take apart or destroy a soul or a person. God gives us free will. People unbraid or take apart themselves by choice.

Answer 2

So much for a lifetime of study and two English degrees...

The short answer to your question is "No."  According to www.bibleontheweb.com, the King James translation of the Bible finds "upbraid" and its variants used exactly four times, none of which gives a definition for the term.

Judges 8:15 - And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

Matthew 11:20 - Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Mark 16:14 - Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

James 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

So we do indeed have to go to another source to find out what "upbraid" means (and it ain't "unbraid." Quite the opposite, in fact.)  The Online Etymology Dictionary gives this origin:

O.E. upbregdan "bring forth as a ground for censure," from up "up" + bregdan "move quickly, intertwine" (see braid). Cf. M.Swed. upbrygdha. Meaning "scold" is first attested c.1290.

So while it does have its origins in the modern sense of "braid," it _doesn't_ mean undoing a braid, but rather making a braid or twist.  The word now means "to scold," or "to chastise."