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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 42 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my [fn]roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:37 - And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:20 - And Moses heard it, and it pleased him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that thou wert standing opposite in the way to meet me; and now if it shall not be pleasing to thee for me to go on, I will return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balac said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them [fn]marry where they please, only let them marry men of their father's tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - (LXX 23:17) He shall dwell with thee, he shall dwell among you where he shall please; thou shalt not afflict him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - And now, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - And Phinees the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him [fn]heard the words which the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse spoke; and it pleased them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against [fn]the others to destroy the land of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse: so they dwelt upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do thou to us according to all that is good in thine eyes; only deliver us this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:1 - And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the [fn]Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and is there not a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - And they went down and spoke to the woman, [fn]and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and [fn]they were content.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - And Abenner spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abenner went to speak in the ears of David at Chebron, all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - And all the people took notice, and all things that the king did before the people were pleasing in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the [fn]side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:10 - And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - (LXX 20:2) And Achaab spoke to Nabuthai, saying, Give me thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near my house: and I will give thee another vineyard better than it; or if [fn]it please thee, I will give thee money, the price of this thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21 - And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchæus had said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women's apartment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - But these things please me not, while I see Mardochæus the Jew in the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochæus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31 - (LXX 68:32) and this shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18 - For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside their mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - (LXX 6:2) And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:4 - And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.
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