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"to ask, beseech," is rendered "intreat," e.g., in Philippians 4:3 , AV (RV, "beseech"). See ASK.

"to beseech, comfort, exhort," is rendered by the verb "to intreat" in Luke 8:31 , RV, "intreated" (AV, "besought"); Luke 15:28; Acts 9:38 , RV, "intreating" (AV, "desiring"); Acts 28:20 , RV (AV, "called for"); 1 Corinthians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 9:5 , RV (AV, "exhort"); 2 Corinthians 10:1 , RV (AV, "beseech"); 1 Timothy 5:1 , AV (RV, "exhort"). See BESEECH.

"to ask to be excused, to beg," etc., is rendered "intreated" in Hebrews 12:19 , See AVOID.

"ready to obey" (eu, "well," peithomai, "to obey, to be persuaded"), "complaint," is translated "easy to be intreated" in James 3:17 , said of the widsom that is from above.

"an appeal, a comfort, exhortation," etc., is translated "intreaty" in 2 Corinthians 8:4 .