רְעוּת
reut · will, pleasure
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7470 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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reut (רְעוּת) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “will, pleasure”.
Will, what someone wants or decides (Aramaic).
How to say it
re·ut
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What someone wants and decides.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 5:17
And now, if to the king it seems good, let it be investigated in the house of the treasures of the king there in Babylon, whether it is so that by Cyrus the king an order was given to build that house of Elah in Jerusalem; and let the will of the king concerning this be sent to us.”
- Ezra 7:18
And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, you shall do it according to the will of your Elah.