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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)
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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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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 - When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - He said, "If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - But Aaron spoke to Moses, "See here! Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the LORD have been pleased?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD's sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - Now give praise to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents and from these foreign wives."

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 - Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and 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 more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - "Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'"
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