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Lexicon :: Strong's G701 - arestos

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ἀρεστός
Transliteration
arestos (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-es-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
19x in 3 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:456,77

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρεστός arestós, ar-es-tos'; from G700; agreeable; by implication, fit:—(things that) please(-ing), reason.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G701 in the following manner: those things that please (1x), reason (1x), please (with G2076) (1x), those things that are pleasing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G701 in the following manner: those things that please (1x), reason (1x), please (with G2076) (1x), those things that are pleasing (1x).

  1. pleasing, agreeable

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρεστός arestós, ar-es-tos'; from G700; agreeable; by implication, fit:—(things that) please(-ing), reason.
STRONGS G701:
ἀρεστός, -ή, -όν, (ἀρέσκω), pleasing, agreeable: τινί, John 8:29; Acts 12:3; ἐνώπιόν τινος, 1 John 3:22 (cf. ἀρέσκω, a.); ἄρεστόν ἐστι followed by an accusative with an infinitive it is fit, Acts 6:2 [yet cf. Meyer at the passage]. (In Greek writings from [Sophocles] Herodotus down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
8:29
Acts
6:2; 12:3
1 John
3:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G701 matches the Greek ἀρεστός (arestos),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant-woman is in your [fn]hand; do to her what is good in your [fn]sight.” So Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will earnestly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, Yahweh, am your healer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - But Aaron spoke to Moses, “Behold, this very day they brought near their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh. Then things like these happened to me. So if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of Yahweh?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - “And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to give your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 -

“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - “You shall not eat it, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you, for you will be doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 -

“Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if you will listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, [fn]keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, [fn]and doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - “So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 -

“And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - “So now, make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 -

“So their sons entered and possessed the land.

And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,

And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,

To do with them according to their desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 -

“Its abundant produce is for the kings

Whom You have put over us because of our sins;

They also rule over our bodies

And over our cattle according to their desire,

So we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 -

To do righteousness and justice

Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - and said, “Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept [fn]greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - ‘You too have done evil, even more than your fathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - “But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
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