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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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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 - The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - Then Aaron answered Moses, “Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the LORD. And yet this tragedy has happened to me. If I had eaten the people’s sin offering on such a tragic day as this, would the LORD have been pleased?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - Do what is right and good in the LORD’s sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the LORD swore to give your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - “Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Be careful to obey all my commands, so that all will go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and pleasing to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - “The LORD your God will be merciful only if you listen to his voice and keep all his commands that I am giving you today, doing what pleases him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD’s sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - Any silver and gold that is left over may be used in whatever way you and your colleagues feel is the will of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - So now confess your sin to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 - “They went in and took possession of the land. You subdued whole nations before them. Even the Canaanites, who inhabited the land, were powerless! Your people could deal with these nations and their kings as they pleased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:3 - The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just
than when we offer him sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”
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