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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

2. (v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

3. (v. t.) To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.

4. (v. t.) To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.

5. (v. t.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.

6. (v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulfuric acid.

7. (v. t.) To entreat; to beseech.

8. (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.

9. (v. i.) To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.

10. (v. i.) To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.

11. (n.) A parley; a conference.

12. (n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.

13. (n.) That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.

Greek
2559. kakoo -- to ill-treat
... to ill-treat. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kakoo Phonetic Spelling:
(kak-o'-o) Short Definition: I treat badly Definition: I treat badly, afflict ...
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2558. kakoucheo -- to ill-treat
... to ill-treat. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kakoucheo Phonetic Spelling:
(kak-oo-kheh'-o) Short Definition: I treat evilly Definition: I treat evilly ...
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1847. exoudeneo -- to despise, treat with contempt
... to despise, treat with contempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exoudeneo
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-den-o'-o) Short Definition: I ignore, despise ...
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1848. exoutheneo -- to despise, treat with contempt
... to despise, treat with contempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exoutheneo
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-then-eh'-o) Short Definition: I ignore, despise ...
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821. atimoo -- handle shamefully.
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: atimoo Phonetic Spelling: (at-ee-mo'-o) Short
Definition: I dishonor, treat shamefully Definition: I dishonor, treat ...
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2616. katadunasteuo -- to exercise power over
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katadunasteuo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o) Short Definition: I overpower, quell, treat harshly Definition ...
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1796. enubrizo -- to insult
... insult. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: enubrizo Phonetic Spelling:
(en-oo-brid'-zo) Short Definition: I insult, outrage, treat contemptuously Definition ...
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818. atimazo -- to dishonor
... Verb Transliteration: atimazo Phonetic Spelling: (at-im-ad'-zo) Short Definition:
I disgrace, dishonor Definition: I disgrace, treat disgracefully, dishonor ...
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1908. epereazo -- to revile
... to revile. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epereazo Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I insult, treat wrongfully, molest Definition ...
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515. axioo -- to deem worthy
... to deem worthy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: axioo Phonetic Spelling:
(ax-ee-o'-o) Short Definition: I account or treat as worthy Definition: I account ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5006. naats -- to spurn, treat with contempt
... 5005, 5006. naats. 5007 . to spurn, treat with contempt. Transliteration: naats
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-ats') Short Definition: spurned. Word Origin a prim ...
/hebrew/5006.htm - 6k

5235a. nakar -- to act or treat as foreign or strange, to disguise
... 5235, 5235a. nakar. 5235b . to act or treat as foreign or strange, to
disguise. Transliteration: nakar Short Definition: woman. ...
/hebrew/5235a.htm - 5k

7188. qashach -- to make hard, treat roughly
... 7187, 7188. qashach. 7189 . to make hard, treat roughly. Transliteration: qashach
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shakh') Short Definition: harden. Word Origin a prim ...
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2554. chamas -- to treat violently or wrong
... 2553, 2554. chamas. 2555 . to treat violently or wrong. Transliteration: chamas
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mas') Short Definition: violence. Word Origin a prim ...
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7751c. shut -- to treat with despite
... 7751b, 7751c. shut. 7752 . to treat with despite. Transliteration: shut
Short Definition: despise. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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6696b. tsur -- to show hostility to, treat as foe
... 6696a, 6696b. tsur. 6696c . to show hostility to, treat as foe.
Transliteration: tsur Short Definition: harass. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5235. neker -- to act or treat as foreign or strange, to disguise
... neker. 5235a . to act or treat as foreign or strange, to disguise. Transliteration:
neker Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ker) Short Definition: strange. strange ...
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7489a. raa -- to be evil, bad
... 1), harm (1), harming (1), hostile (3), hurt (3), practiced evil (1), prefer* (2),
sad (2), still do wickedly (1), suffer (1), suffer harm (1), treat me so ...
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7043. qalal -- to be slight, swift or trifling
... it lighter (2), moved to and fro (1), shakes (1), sharpen (1), slight thing (1),
small a thing (1), superficially (2), swift (1), swifter (5), treat us with ...
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2107. zul -- to lavish
... A primitive root (compare zalal); probably to shake out, ie (by implication) to
scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly -- lavish, despise. ...
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Library

It is Difficult to Treat of the virtue of the Soul...
... Section 1. It is difficult to treat of the virtue of the soul? 1. It is
difficult to treat of the virtue of the soul, which is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on continence/section 1 it is difficult.htm

Begins to Treat of the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer. How ...
... THE FIFTH MANSIONS CHAPTER I. BEGINS TO TREAT OF THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH GOD
IN PRAYER. ... BEGINS TO TREAT OF THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH GOD IN PRAYER. ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter i begins to treat.htm

How the Bishop is to Treat the Innocent, the Guilty, and the ...
... Sec. III."How the Bishop is to Treat the Innocent, the Guilty, and the Penitent.
What Ought to Be the Character of the Initiated. VII. ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iii how the bishop is.htm

We do not Here Treat of all Kinds of Mortification or virtues...
... TOUCHING CERTAIN SPECIAL MORTIFICATIONS OF THE PASSIONS, ETC. CHAPTER XV. We do
not here treat of all kinds of mortification or virtues? Sec. ...
/.../chapter xv we do not.htm

He Thought that He was to Treat Every Man in the Person of Christ
... THE FOURTH CENTURY 28 He thought that he was to treat every man in the person of
Christ. He thought that he was to treat every man in the person of Christ. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/28 he thought that he.htm

But Some Treat the Holy Trinity in an Awful Manner...
... A Sectional Confession of Faith. Section VII. But some treat the Holy Trinity
in an awful manner? But some treat the Holy Trinity ...
/.../section vii but some treat.htm

The Way to Treat those who Wrong Us
... THE NEW TESTAMENT THE WAY TO TREAT THOSE WHO WRONG US. "If your brother wrongs
you, go, show him his fault when you and he are alone. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the way to treat those.htm

Your Origen Allows Himself to Treat of the Transmigration of Souls ...
... Your Origen allows himself to treat of the transmigration of souls, to introduce
the belief in an infinite number of worlds, to clothe rational creatures in ...
/.../20 your origen allows himself.htm

But Others Treat of Higher and More Serious Themes, and Show us a ...
... But others treat of higher and more serious themes, and show us a man deeply
engaged in the political and religious life of his day. ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/but others treat of higher.htm

Since These Things are So, Because it were Too Long to Treat ...
... Section 35. Since these things are so, because it were too long to treat
thoroughly of? 35. Since these things are so, because ...
/.../augustine/against lying/section 35 since these things.htm

Thesaurus
Treat (53 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self
toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. ...
/t/treat.htm - 23k

Ill-treat (3 Occurrences)
Ill-treat. Ill-tempered, Ill-treat. Illtreated . Multi-Version
Concordance Ill-treat (3 Occurrences). Acts 7:6 God spoke ...
/i/ill-treat.htm - 7k

Entreat (55 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. ... 5. (vi) To treat or
discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. ...
/e/entreat.htm - 25k

Honor (240 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes
called Dutch honors. 12. (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or ...
/h/honor.htm - 37k

Divorce (18 Occurrences)
... We are not called upon to treat of divorce in the Mosaic legislation (Deuteronomy
24:1-4). That was passed upon by Jesus in the above discussion and by Him ...
/d/divorce.htm - 41k

Negotiate (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vi) To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair;
to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods ...
/n/negotiate.htm - 7k

Worship (332 Occurrences)
... extravagant admiration; adoration. 6. (n.) An object of worship. 7. (vt) To
respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. 8. (vt) To ...
/w/worship.htm - 66k

Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. ... (vi) To treat anything in
discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. ...
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Regard (230 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to
regard one with favor or dislike. 6. (vt) To pay respect ...
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Deserve (40 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To serve; to treat; to benefit. ... (See NIV). Luke 15:19 I no longer deserve
to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.' (WEY). ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about how you should treat others? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Treat (53 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:12
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
(See NAS)

Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
(See NIV)

Matthew 18:35
so also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye may not forgive each one his brother from your hearts their trespasses.'
(See NIV)

Matthew 24:51
he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
(WEY)

Mark 12:6
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
(WEY)

Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 6:26
Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 6:31
"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
(See NAS)

Luke 15:19
I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'
(WEY RSV)

Acts 7:6
God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 14:5
When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
(Root in WEB WEY ASV NAS NIV)

1 Corinthians 12:23
Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;
(See RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:10
because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat 'any' sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.
(YLT)

Galatians 4:14
That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
(See NIV)

Ephesians 6:9
You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.
(See NIV)

Colossians 3:19
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
(WEY)

Colossians 4:1
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
(See RSV)

1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
(Root in KJV WEY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

1 Peter 3:7
Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; so that your prayers may not be hindered.
(WEY NIV)

Jude 1:16
These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
(WEY)

Genesis 19:9
They said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.
(See NAS NIV)

Genesis 30:20
Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
(See NIV)

Genesis 34:31
They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 43:6
Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
(WEB NAS RSV)

Leviticus 22:2
"Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Numbers 10:29
Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said,'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel."
(WEB NIV)

Numbers 11:15
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
(WEB NIV)

Numbers 20:12
Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
(See NAS)

Numbers 27:14
because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 21:14
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 21:16
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn:
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:51
Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
(See NAS)

Joshua 2:14
The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
(See NIV)

Judges 1:24
The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, "Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
(See NAS NIV)

Ruth 4:11
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
(WEB)

1 Samuel 11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I treat with you, that I thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
(DBY RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 19:43
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?" The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 6:26
Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 15:11
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
(Root in KJV WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 19:12
Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 24:8
As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 29:22
and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 34:18
I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:29
And they shall treat thee with hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy prostitutions shall be disclosed, both thy lewdness and thy prostitutions.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 35:11
Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have done according to thine anger, And according to thine envy, With which thou hast wrought, Because of thy hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge thee.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 35:15
As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 36:11
and I will multiply on you man and animal; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
(See NAS)

Daniel 1:13
Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants.
(See NIV)

Hosea 11:8
"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 3:6
I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
(See RSV NIV)

Zechariah 8:11
But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says Yahweh of Armies.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Treat

Related Terms

Ill-treat (3 Occurrences)

Entreat (55 Occurrences)

Honor (240 Occurrences)

Divorce (18 Occurrences)

Negotiate (1 Occurrence)

Worship (332 Occurrences)

Touch (82 Occurrences)

Regard (230 Occurrences)

Deserve (40 Occurrences)

Discourse (25 Occurrences)

Disgrace (73 Occurrences)

Deal (170 Occurrences)

Maltreat (1 Occurrence)

Manage (6 Occurrences)

Misuse (1 Occurrence)

Mock (43 Occurrences)

Jonah (30 Occurrences)

Taste (46 Occurrences)

Biblical

Theology

Treated (69 Occurrences)

Favor (184 Occurrences)

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)

Songs (100 Occurrences)

Handle (19 Occurrences)

Harsh (20 Occurrences)

Hallow (69 Occurrences)

Vassal (4 Occurrences)

Violate (14 Occurrences)

Knead (2 Occurrences)

Neglect (19 Occurrences)

Notice (44 Occurrences)

Nose (23 Occurrences)

Use (620 Occurrences)

Upbraid (2 Occurrences)

Utmost (21 Occurrences)

Urge (34 Occurrences)

Outrage (3 Occurrences)

Oppress (57 Occurrences)

Onset (1 Occurrence)

Offspring (186 Occurrences)

Jehovah (20094 Occurrences)

Justify (19 Occurrences)

Jeer (2 Occurrences)

Longer (373 Occurrences)

Leech (1 Occurrence)

Lime (4 Occurrences)

God (45911 Occurrences)

Guided (86 Occurrences)

Gaining (17 Occurrences)

Wrong (391 Occurrences)

Wax (32 Occurrences)

Worthily (8 Occurrences)

Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)

Illtreated (1 Occurrence)

Ill-tempered (1 Occurrence)

Insult (25 Occurrences)

Individual (12 Occurrences)

Forget (77 Occurrences)

Flatter (5 Occurrences)

Foe (23 Occurrences)

Foreign (65 Occurrences)

Feast (209 Occurrences)

Forbear (24 Occurrences)

Fox (2 Occurrences)

Famous (20 Occurrences)

Tutor (2 Occurrences)

Three (5005 Occurrences)

Treatment (6 Occurrences)

Trample (34 Occurrences)

Thou (33002 Occurrences)

Trifle (2 Occurrences)

Renowned (15 Occurrences)

Reuel (14 Occurrences)

Reverence (42 Occurrences)

Ezra-nehemiah

Enterprise (1 Occurrence)

Entertain (8 Occurrences)

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