Strong's Lexicon
G700
G700 — ἀρέσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G700 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀρέσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | aresko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ar-es'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to be agreeable 2. (by implication) to seek to be agreeable |
| KJV Renderings: | please |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρέσκω; imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ἈΡΩ (see ἄρα at the beginning)); (from Homer down);
a. to please: τίνι, Mat 14:6; Mar 6:22; Rom 8:8; Rom 15:2; 1Th 2:15; 1Th 4:1; 1Co 7:32-34; Gal 1:10; 2Ti 2:4; ἐνώπιον τίνος, after the Hebrew áÀÌòÅéðÅé, Act 6:5 (1Ki 3:10; Gen 34:18, etc.).
b. to strive to please; to accommodate oneself to the opinions, desires, interests of others: τίνι, 1Co 10:33 (πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω); 1Th 2:4. ἀρέσκειν ἑαυτῷ, to please oneself and therefore to have an eye to one’s own interests: Rom 15:1; Rom 15:3.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀρέσκω (please)
Matthew 14:6
- KJV: But when Herod’s birthday was kept the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- GK: γενεσίων δε αγομένων του Ηρώδου ωρχήσατο η θυγάτηρ της Ηρωδιάδος εν τω μέσω και ήρεσε τω Ηρώδη
Mark 6:22
- KJV: And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced and pleased Herod and them that sat with him the king said unto the damsel Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give thee
- GK: και εισελθούσης της θυγατρός αυτής της Ηρωδιάδος και ορχησαμένης και αρεσάσης τω Ηρώδη και τοις συνανακειμένοις είπεν ο βασιλεύς τω κορασίω αίτησόν με ο εάν θέλης και δώσω σοι
Acts 6:5
- KJV: And the saying pleased 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
- GK: και ήρεσεν ο λόγος ενώπιον παντός του πλήθους και εξελέξαντο Στέφανον άνδρα πλήρη πίστεως και πνεύματος αγίου και Φίλιππον και Πρόχορον και Νικάνορα και Τίμωνα και Παρμενάν και Νικόλαον προσήλυτον Αντιοχέα
Romans 8:8
- KJV: So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God
- GK: οι δε εν σαρκί όντες θεώ αρέσαι ου δύνανται
Romans 15:1
- KJV: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves
- GK: οφείλομεν δε ημείς οι δυνατοί τα ασθενήματα των αδυνάτων βαστάζειν και μη εαυτοίς αρέσκειν
Romans 15:2
- KJV: Let every one of us please neighbour for good to edification
- GK: έκαστος γαρ ημών τω πλησίον αρεσκέτω εις το αγαθόν προς οικοδομήν
Romans 15:3
- KJV: For even Christ pleased not himself but as it is written The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me
- GK: και γαρ ο χριστός ουχ εαυτώ ήρεσεν αλλά καθώς γέγραπται οι ονειδισμοί των ονειδιζόντων σε επέπεσον επ΄ εμέ
1 Corinthians 7:32
- KJV: But I would have you without carefulness He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord how he may please the Lord
- GK: θέλω δε υμάς αμερίμνους είναι ο άγαμος μεριμνά τα του κυρίου πως αρέσει τω κυρίω
1 Corinthians 7:33
- KJV: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please wife
- GK: ο δε γαμήσας μεριμνά τα του κόσμου πως αρέσει τη γυναικί
1 Corinthians 7:34
- KJV: There is difference between a wife and a virgin The unmarried 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 husband
- GK: μεμέρισται και η γυνή και η παρθένος η άγαμος μερίμνα τα του κυρίου ίνα η αγία και σώματι και πνεύματι η δε γαμήσασα μεριμνά τα του κόσμου πως αρέσει τω ανδρί
1 Corinthians 10:33
- KJV: Even as I please all in all not seeking mine own profit but the of many that they may be saved
- GK: καθώς καγώ πάντα πάσιν αρέσκω μη ζητών το εμαυτού συμφέρον αλλά το των πολλών ίνα σωθώσι
Galatians 1:10
- KJV: For do I now persuade men or God or do I seek to please men for if I yet pleased men I should not be the servant of Christ
- GK: άρτι γαρ ανθρώπους πείθω η τον θεόν η ζητώ ανθρώποις αρέσκειν ει γαρ έτι ανθρώποις ήρεσκον χριστού δούλος ουκ αν ήμην
1 Thessalonians 2:4
- KJV: But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel even so we speak not as pleasing men but God which trieth our hearts
- GK: αλλά καθώς δεδοκιμάσμεθα υπό του θεού πιστευθήναι το ευαγγέλιον ούτως λαλούμεν ουχ ως ανθρώποις αρέσκοντες αλλά τω θεώ τω δοκιμάζοντι τας καρδίας ημών
1 Thessalonians 2:15
- KJV: Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and have persecuted us and they please not God and contrary to all men
- GK: των και τον κύριον αποκτεινάντων Ιησούν και τους ιδίους προφήτας και ημάς εκδιωξάντων και θεώ μη αρεσκόντων και πάσιν ανθρώποις εναντίων
1 Thessalonians 4:1
- KJV: Furthermore then we beseech you brethren and exhort by the Lord Jesus that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God so ye would abound more and more
- GK: το λοιπόν ούν αδελφοί ερωτώμεν υμάς και παρακαλούμεν εν κυρίω Ιησού καθώς παρελάβετε παρ΄ ημών το πως δει υμάς περιπατείν και αρέσκειν θεώ ίνα περισσεύητε μάλλον
2 Timothy 2:4
- KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
- GK: ουδείς στρατευόμενος εμπλέκεται ταις του βίου πραγματείαις ίνα τω στρατολογήσαντι αρέση