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GreekG0701Adjective

ἀρεστός

arestos

4Occurrences
G0701Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

agreeable; by implication, fit

from G700 (ἀρέσκω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pleasing, agreeable (Hdt., Xen., and later writers; see Cremer, 641 f; MM, ): ; with genitive; ἀρεστόν ἐστιν, with accusative and inf (El., § 69, 5; 72, 5).
LXX: for יָשָׁר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἀρεστός appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
1 John
1
John
1

Key Passages

1 John 3:22BSB

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Acts 12:3BSB

And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Acts 6:2BSB

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

John 8:29BSB

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

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