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Lexicon :: Strong's G700 - areskō

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ἀρέσκω
Transliteration
areskō (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-es'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from αἴρω (G142) (through the idea of exciting emotion)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:455,77

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρέσκω aréskō, ar-es'-ko; probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so):—please.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G700 in the following manner: please (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G700 in the following manner: please (17x).

  1. to please

  2. to strive to please

    1. to accommodate one's self to the opinions desires and interests of others

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρέσκω aréskō, ar-es'-ko; probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so):—please.
STRONGS G700:
ἀρέσκω; imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ΑΡΩ [see ἄρα at the beginning]); [from Homer down];
a. to please: τινί, 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; ἐνώπιόν τινος, 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: τινί, 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
34:18
1 Kings
3:10
Matthew
14:6
Mark
6:22
Acts
6:5
Romans
8:8; 15:1; 15:2; 15:3
1 Corinthians
7:32; 7:33; 7:34; 10:33
Galatians
1:10
1 Thessalonians
2:4; 2:15; 4:1
2 Timothy
2:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G700 matches the Greek ἀρέσκω (areskō),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:6 - But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and them that sat at meat with him; and the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:8 - and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:2 - Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:3 - For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:33 - even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:4 - but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4 - No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
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