Strong's Concordance areskó: to please Original Word: ἀρέσκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: areskó Phonetic Spelling: (ar-es'-ko) Definition: to please Usage: I please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. HELPS Word-studies 700 aréskō – properly, satisfy (make good on something, LS); hence to please, winning someone's favor (affection, approval) because meeting their expectation (especially by being in moral agreement). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. root ar- (fit together) Definition to please NASB Translation found approval (1), please (12), pleased (2), pleasing (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 700: ἀρέσκωἀρέσκω; imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ἈΡΩ (see ἄρα at the beginning)); (from Homer down); a. to please: τίνι, Matthew 14:6; Mark 6:22; Romans 8:8; Romans 15:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 7:32-34; Galatians 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:4; ἐνώπιον τίνος, after the Hebrew בְּעֵינֵי, Acts 6:5 (1 Kings 3:10; Genesis 34:18, etc.). b. to strive to please; to accommodate oneself to the opinions, desires, interests of others: τίνι, 1 Corinthians 10:33 (πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω); 1 Thessalonians 2:4. ἀρέσκειν ἑαυτῷ, to please oneself and therefore to have an eye to one's own interests: Romans 15:1, 3. Probably from airo (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so) -- please. see GREEK airo Englishman's Concordance Matthew 14:6 V-AIA-3SGRK: μέσῳ καὶ ἤρεσεν τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ NAS: before [them] and pleased Herod, KJV: before them, and pleased Herod. INT: midst and pleased Herod Mark 6:22 V-AIA-3S Acts 6:5 V-AIA-3S Romans 8:8 V-ANA Romans 15:1 V-PNA Romans 15:2 V-PMA-3S Romans 15:3 V-AIA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:32 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:33 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:34 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 10:33 V-PIA-1S Galatians 1:10 V-PNA Galatians 1:10 V-IIA-1S 1 Thessalonians 2:4 V-PPA-NMP 1 Thessalonians 2:15 V-PPA-GMP 1 Thessalonians 4:1 V-PNA 2 Timothy 2:4 V-ASA-3S Strong's Greek 700 |
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