GreekG0699Noun (Feminine)
ἀρεσκεία
areskeia
“pleasing”
1Occurrences
G0699Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
complaisance
from a derivative of G700 (ἀρέσκω);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pleasing, desire to please: In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most frequently in bad sense, but in π., Inscr., and in Philo, as above (see Deiss., BS, 224; MM; Cremer, 642).
LXX: (-εία): (חֵן) *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἀρεσκεία appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Colossians
1
Key Passages
Colossians 1:10BSB
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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