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GreekG0700Verb

ἀρέσκω

areskō

16Occurrences
G0700Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)

probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of exciting emotion);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to please (Hom., Hdt.)
2.In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M, Th., ICC, 1 Co., ll with; Cremer, 640 f.)
LXX: chiefly for טוֹב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀρέσκω appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
4
Romans
4
1 Thessalonians
3
2 Timothy
1
Acts
1
Galatians
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:33BSB

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 7:34BSB

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:1BSB

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

Galatians 1:10BSB

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Romans 15:1BSB

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.