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entreat to treat or deal with someone
Luke 20:11 — the servant was "entreated shamefully" — means treated shamefully, not begged. The King James also uses "intreat" in the modern sense of plead, which is the spelling it usually gives that meaning.
Means: to treat or deal with someoneIn the KJV: 46 timesStill in use, different meaning
Forms in the text
Where it appears
entreat appears 46 times in the King James Version, mostly in the sense it still carries today. These are the places where it means to treat or deal with someone.
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
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.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Common questions
What does "entreat" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version entreat means to treat or deal with someone. Luke 20:11 — the servant was "entreated shamefully" — means treated shamefully, not begged. The King James also uses "intreat" in the modern sense of plead, which is the spelling it usually gives that meaning.
How many times does "entreat" appear in the King James Version?
46 times, counting its other forms (intreated 18 times, intreat 15 times, entreated 9 times, entreat 2 times, entreateth 1 time, intreaty 1 time).
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