Pleasure
רְעוּStrong’s H7470reut (re-ut)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reut is the Aramaic word usually translated “of” and “according to will of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
Meaning
- Good pleasure, will
How it's translated
- and will of 1
- according to will of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
רְעוּ reut · pleasure
good pleasure, will Aramaic of re.ut (רְעוּת "longing" H7469)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pleasure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASURE, noun
plezh'ur.
- The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the expectation of good; opposed to pain.
- Sensual or sexual gratification.
- Approbation.“The Lord taketh pleasure in his people” Psalms 149:4
- What the will dictates or prefers; will; choice; purpose; intention; command; as, use your pleasure“Cyrus, he is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure” Isaiah 44:28
All definitions and other forms of “pleasure”
- A favor; that which pleases.“Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure answered Paul” Acts 25:9
- Arbitrary will or choice.
PLEAS'URE, verb transitive
plezh'ur. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. [A word authorized by some good writers, but superfluous and not much used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.