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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:6 - But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with him at table; and the king said to 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 the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - But *we* ought, we that are strong, 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 neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:3 - For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.

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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 have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4 - No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
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