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Lexicon :: Strong's G700 - areskō

Strong's

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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)

Greek Inflections of ἀρέσκω [?]

mGNT
17x in 9 unique form(s) TR
17x in 11 unique form(s) LXX
42x in 8 unique form(s)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:455,77

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to please
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

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

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Mat 14:6 - But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased^G700 Herod.

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Mar 6:22 - And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased^G700 Herod and them that sat with him, 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

Act 6:5 - And the saying pleased^G700 the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, 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

Rom 8:8 - So then they that are in the flesh cannot please^G700 God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Rom 15:1 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please^G700 ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:2

Rom 15:2 - Let^G700 ➔ every one of us please^G700 his neighbour for his good to edification.

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Rom 15:3 - For even Christ pleased^G700 not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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1Co 7:32 - But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please^G700 the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

1Co 7:33 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please^G700 his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

1Co 7:34 - There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please^G700 her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:33

1Co 10:33 - Even as I please^G700 all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

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Gal 1:10 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please^G700 men? for if I^G700 ➔ yet pleased^G700 men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:4

1Th 2:4 - But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing^G700 men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:15

1Th 2:15 - Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please^G700 not God, and are contrary to all men:

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1Th 4:1 - Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please^G700 God, so ye would abound more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:4

2Ti 2:4 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please^G700 him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

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