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ἀρέσκω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀρέσκω
Greek transliteration: 
areskō
Simplified transliteration: 
aresko
Principal Parts: 
(ἤρεσκον), ἀρέσω, ἤρεσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
700
GK Number: 
743
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
17
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-5a
Gloss: 
to please, accommodate
Definition: 
to please, Mt. 14:6; to be pleasing, acceptable, Acts 6:5; to consult the pleasure of any one, Rom. 15:1, 2, 3; 1 Cor. 10:33; to seek favor with, Gal. 1:10; 1 Thess. 2:4

Greek-English Concordance for ἀρέσκω

Matthew 14:6 But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased (ēresen | ἤρεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) Herod.
Mark 6:22 When the daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased (ēresen | ἤρεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) Herod and his dinner companions. The king said to the young girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
Acts 6:5 And the proposal pleased (ēresen | ἤρεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
Romans 8:8 Those controlled by the flesh cannot please (aresai | ἀρέσαι | aor act inf ) God.
Romans 15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to (areskein | ἀρέσκειν | pres act inf ) please (areskein | ἀρέσκειν | pres act inf ) ourselves.
Romans 15:2 Let (aresketō | ἀρεσκέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) each of us please (aresketō | ἀρεσκέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Romans 15:3 For Christ did (ēresen | ἤρεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not please (ēresen | ἤρεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) himself; but as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please (aresē | ἀρέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:33 But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please (aresē | ἀρέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) his wife,
1 Corinthians 7:34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please (aresē | ἀρέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) her husband.
1 Corinthians 10:33 even as I try (areskō | ἀρέσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) to (areskō | ἀρέσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) please (areskō | ἀρέσκω | pres act ind 1 sg) everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of the many, so that they may be saved.
Galatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to (areskein | ἀρέσκειν | pres act inf ) please (areskein | ἀρέσκειν | pres act inf ) men? If I (ēreskon | ἤρεσκον | imperf act ind 1 sg) were (ēreskon | ἤρεσκον | imperf act ind 1 sg) still trying (ēreskon | ἤρεσκον | imperf act ind 1 sg) to (ēreskon | ἤρεσκον | imperf act ind 1 sg) please (ēreskon | ἤρεσκον | imperf act ind 1 sg) men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please (areskontes | ἀρέσκοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) man, but God who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out, who are displeasing to God and oppose all mankind,
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live so as to please (areskein | ἀρέσκειν | pres act inf ) God (even as you are doing), that you do so more and more.
2 Timothy 2:4 No one serving in the military gets entangled in the affairs of daily life so that he (aresē | ἀρέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) pleases (aresē | ἀρέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the one who enlisted him.