[bi-sted] 
| to help; assist; serve; avail. |
[bi-sted] | Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty. |
| be·stead (bĭ-stěd') tr.v. be·stead·ed or be·stead, be·stead·ing, be·steads
[Probably be- + stead, to help. Adj., from Middle English bistad, placed : bi-, be- + -stad (ultimately from Old Norse staddr, placed, past participle of stedhja, to stop, from stadhr, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots).] |
Bestead
the rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.