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entreat

Meaning of “entreat”

To treat or deal with a person in the manner stated.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 15:11

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “entreat”

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Jeremiah 15:11
The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 15:11 · retained source text

The LORD said, Uerely it shall be well with thy remnant, verely I will cause the enemie to intreat thee well in the time of euill, and in the time of affliction.

1611 marginal noteOr, I will entreat the enemie for thee.

Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 7:6 · retained source text

And God spake on this wise, that his seede should soiourne in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and intreate them euill foure hundreth yeeres.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To treat, in any manner; properly, to use or manage. Applied to persons, to entreat is to use, or to deal with; to manifest to others any particular deportment, good or ill.

volume 1, leaf 685, column 3 (transitive verb entry)