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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, “See, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:37 - So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:20 - So when Moses heard that, he was content.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - “The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - “He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - “And now, here we are, in your hands; do with us as it seems good and right to do to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - Now when Phinehas the priest and the rulers of the congregation, the heads of the divisions[fn] of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - So the thing pleased the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God; they spoke no more of going against them in battle, to destroy the land where the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - “And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - And the children of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:1 - Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - And Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin. Then Abner also went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:10 - The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they did not please him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21 - And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - “Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king, and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - Now the young woman pleased him, and she obtained his favor; so he readily gave beauty preparations to her, besides her allowance. Then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - “Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - Then let my wife grind for another,
And let others bow down over her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:31 - This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No grave trouble will overtake the righteous,
But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18 - Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him
That there was no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:4 - “Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
Will be pleasant to the LORD,
As in the days of old,
As in former years.
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