Intreat, Intreaty, (Entreat)
Intreat, Intreaty, (Entreat)
in-tret, in-treti: The two forms are derived from the same verb. In 1611 the spelling was indifferently intreat or entreat. In editions of the King James Version since 1760 intreat is used in the sense of to beg; entreat in the sense of deal with. As examples of intreat see Exo 8:8, Intreat the Lord (caak); Rth 1:16, Intreat me not to leave thee (pagha); 2Co 8:4, praying us with much intreaty (, paraklesis). In Gen 25:21 intreat is used to indicate the success of a petition. For entreat see Gen 12:16, He entreated Abraham well; Act 27:3, And Julius courteously entreated Paul ( , philanthropos chresamenos, literally, to use in a philanthropic way); compare also Jam 3:17, where , eupeithes, literally, easily persuaded, is translated easy to be entreated.
The Revised Version changes all passages of the King James Version where intreat is found to entreat, with the exception of those mentioned below. The meaning of entreat is to ask, to beseech, to supplicate: Job 19:17 reads and my supplication to the children (hannoth, the King James Version though I entreated for the children, the Revised Version, margin I make supplication). Jer 15:11 reads, I will cause the enemy to make supplication (hiphgat), instead, the King James Version I will cause the enemy to entreat (the Revised Version margin I will intercede for thee with the enemy). 1Ti 5:1 changes the King James Version intreat to exhort. Phi 4:3 renders the King James Version entreat by beseech.