רְעוּתrᵉʻûwth
good pleasure, will (Ezra 5:17; Ezra 7:18)
Pronunciation: reh-ooth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7470
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:17 “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God’s Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
- Ezra 7:18 Any silver and gold that is left over may be used in whatever way you and your colleagues feel is the will of your God.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).