The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
gird (up) one’s loins, to
To prepare for action (hard work, a journey, warfare). The term comes from the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, and uses gird in the sense of “encircle with a belt or band.” The ancient Jews wore loose clothing and put on a girdle, or belt, only when they went to
work or set out to travel. Thus, “He girded up his loins, and ran” appears in
I Kings (18:76), and “Gird up now thy loins like a man” in Job (in several
passages). It had already become figurative in the New Testament, where 1
Peter has it, “Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober” (1:13).
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