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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 the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and 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 - for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - And we ought -- we who 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 - for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:3 - for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious 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 - and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:4 - but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:4 - no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
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