Bible Dictionaries

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Entreat

* Note: The distinction between this and the preceding word is maintained in the RV, which confines the initial "e" to the sense of "dealing with," or uses the verb "to treat."

denotes (a) "to use" (of things); (b) "to use well or ill, to treat, deal with" (of persons); "treated (kindly)," Acts 27:3 , RV, AV, "(courteously) entreated." The remaining ten instances come under (a). See USE.

Note: In Luke 20:11 , atimazo, "to dishonor" (a, negative, time, "honor"), is translated "entreated shamefully," AV (RV, "handled shamefully"). For kakoucheo, Hebrews 11:37 , RV, and sunkakoucheomai, Hebrews 11:25 , RV, see SUFFER , Nos. 6 and 7.