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Strong's #700 - ἀρέσκω

Transliteration

aréskō

Phonetics

ar-es'-ko

Root Word (Etymology)

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

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:455,77

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to please
to strive to please
1. to accommodate one's self to the opinions desires and interests of others

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2895 ‑ טוֹב (tobe); 3474 ‑ יָשַׁר (yaw‑shar'); 4672 ‑ מָצָא (maw‑tsaw'); 6030 ‑ עָנָה (aw‑naw'); 6148 ‑ עָרַב (aw‑rab'); 7737 ‑ שָׁוָה (shaw‑vaw'); 8232 ‑ שְׁפַר (shef‑ar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (19)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 5

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 3

1 Thessalonians 3

2 Timothy 1

NAS (18)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 2

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

1 Thessalonians 3

2 Timothy 1

HCS (17)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

1 Thessalonians 3

2 Timothy 1

BSB (17)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

1 Thessalonians 3

2 Timothy 1

ESV (15)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Romans 4

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Timothy 1

WEB (18)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 5

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

1 Thessalonians 3

2 Timothy 1

KJV (19)

I 1

Let 1

please 11

pleased 5

pleasing 1

NAS (18)

approval 1

found 1

please 12

pleased 2

pleasing 2

HCS (17)

* 1

he may please 2

must please 1

please 4

pleased 2

she may please 1

she pleased 1

to please 3

try to please 1

trying to please 1

BSB (17)

I were still trying to please 1

They are displeasing 1

[try to] please 1

he can please 2

please 3

pleased 2

she can please 1

she pleased 1

should please 1

that is pleasing 1

to please 3

ESV (15)

please 13

pleased 2

WEB (18)

Let 1

also please 1

he may please 3

please 4

pleased 2

pleasing 2

she may please 1

she pleased 1

to please 3

RAH

V-AAD3S 1

V-AAI3P 2

V-AAI3S 24

V-AAO3S 1

V-AAS3S 2

V-FAI3S 2

V-FMI2S 1

V-PAI3S 6

V-PAS3S 3

ANT

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BGB

V-AIA-3S 4

V-ANA 1

V-ASA-3S 4

V-IIA-1S 1

V-PIA-1S 1

V-PMA-3S 1

V-PNA 3

V-PPA-GMP 1

V-PPA-NMP 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

NA26

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 1

V-AAS-3S 4

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAD-3S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAPGPM 1

V-PAPNPM 1

SBL

V-1IAIS 1

V-1PAIS 1

V-3AAIS 3

V-3AASS 4

V-3PADS 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAPGSF 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAPGPM 1

V-PAPNPM 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 1

V-AAS-3S 4

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-GSF 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 3

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-AAI-3S 4

V-AAN 1

V-AAS-3S 4

V-IAI-1S 1

V-PAI-1S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 3

V-PAP-GPM 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀρέσκω [ᾰ],

impf. ἤρεσκον Th. 5.37, etc.: fut. ἀρέσω D. 39.33, ἀρέσσω (συν-) A.R. 3.901: aor. ἤρεσα Hdt. 8.19, Com.Adesp. 19.4D., etc., ἄρεσσα A.R. 3.301, inf. ἀρέσαι Il., X.: pf. ἀρήρεκα Corn. ND 24, S.E. M. 1.238: — Med., fut. ἀρέσομαι A. Supp. 655 (lyr.), ἀρέσσομαι Il. 4.362: aor. ἠρεσάμην, ἀρ- Hes. Sc. 255, part. ἀρεσσάμενος Il. 9.112, Thgn. 762: aor. Pass. in med. sense, S. Ant. 500: — Pass., aor. ἠρέσθην Paus. 2.13.8, J. AJ 12.9.6.

I of pers. only,

1. make good, make amends, ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι Il. 9.120: — Med., ταῦτα δ' ὄπισθεν ἀρεσσόμεθ' εἴ τι κακὸν νῦν εἴρηται 4.362, cf. Od. 22.55, Q.S. 4.377, 9.510; σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἀρέσασθαι make full drink-offerings to the gods, Thgn. l.c.

2. in Hom. also freq. in Med., c. acc. pers. et dat. modi, appease, conciliate, αὐτὸν ἀρεσσάσθω ἐπέεσσι καὶ δώρῳ Od. 8.396; τὸν ξεῖνον ἀρέσσομαι ὡς σὺ κελεύεις ib. 402; ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν δώροισι Il. 9.112, cf. 19.179; καθαροῖσι βωμοῖς θεοὺς ἀρέσονται A. Supp. 655; καί σε φίλως θυέεσσιν ἀρέσσατο Maiist. 11: c. gen. rei, ἀρέσαντο φρένας αἵματος they sated their heart with blood, Hes. Sc. 255.

3. after Hom., c. dat. pers., please, satisfy, οὔτε γάρ μοι Πολυκράτης ἤρεσκε δεσπόζων.. Hdt. 3.142; δεῖ μ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κάτω S. Ant. 75, cf. 89; ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν to be obsequious to them, E. Fr. 93, cf. X. Mem. 2.2.11; ἀ. τρόποις τινός conform to his ways, D. 61.19; τὸ κολακεύειν νῦν ἀρέσκειν ὄνομ' ἔχει Anaxandr. 42; πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω 1 Corinthians 10:33; ἑαυτοῖς Romans 15:1 : — Med., μάλιστα ἠρέσκοντό [οἱ] οἱ ἀπ' Ἀθηνέων pleased him most, Hdt. 6.128.

II of things, c. dat. pers.,

1. please, εἴ τοι ἀρέσκει τὰ ἐγὼ λέγω Hdt. 1.89; κάρτα οἱ ἤρεσε ἡ ὑποθήκη Id. 8.58, cf. 3.40, 6.22; τῷ τοῦτ' ἤρεσεν; S. El. 409; σοὶ ταῦτ' ἀρέσκει Id. Ant. 211, etc.; τοῖς.. πρέσβεσιν ἤρεσκεν [the proposal] pleased them, Th. 5.37, cf. Pl. Tht. 157d, al.: also in aor. Pass., μηδ' ἀρεσθείη ποτέ (sc. μηδὲν τῶν σῶν λόγων) S. Ant. 500. III c. acc. pers., οὐ γάρ μ' ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη Id. Aj. 584; οὐδέ σ' ἀρέσκει τὸ παρόν E. Hipp. 185 (lyr.), cf. Or. 210; τουτὶ.. μ' οὐκ ἀ. Ar. Pl. 353, cf. Ach. 189, Ra. 103, Th. 1.128; πότερός σε ὁ τρόπος ἀ.; Pl. Cra. 433e, cf. 391c, R. 557b, Tht. 172d: hence in Pass., to be pleased, satisfied, οὐκ ἠρέσκετο λειπομένου Μαρδονίου ὑπὸ βασιλέος Hdt. 9.66; τῇ κρίσι with the decision, Id. 3.34; διαίτῃ Σκυθικῇ Id. 4.78; τοῖς λόγοις Th. 1.129, cf. 2.68; τῇ σῇ συνουσίᾳ Pl. Thg. 127b; later in aor., ἠρέσθη τῇ γνώμῃ J. l.c., al.; ἀρεσθεὶς τῷ πώματι Paus. l.c. ἀρέσκει is used impers. to express the opinion or resolution of a public body, ταῦτα ἤρεσέ σφι ποιέειν Hdt. 8.19; ἢν δ' ἀρέσκῃ ταῦτ' Ἀθηναίοις Ar. Eq. 1311; ἀρέσκει.. εἶναι Δελφῶν it is resolved that.., SIG 827 D 10; also of prevailing opinions, ἀρέσκει περὶ τρίψεως παραγγέλλοντας.. writers on massage lay down the rule that.., Gal. 6.96; τὰ ἀρέσκοντα the dogmas of philosophers, Plu. 2.448a, 1006d, etc.: — Med., ἐξεῖναι παρ' ὁποτέρους ἂν ἀρέσκηται ἐλθεῖν Th. 1.35. part. ἀρέσκων, ουσα, ον, grateful, acceptable, ὅσοις τάδ' ἔστ' ἀρέσκονθ' S. OT 274; μηδὲν ἀρέσκον λέγειν Th. 3.34; ἀρέσκοντας ὑμῖν λόγους Isoc. 8.5.

2. of persons, acceptable, τὸν ἀρέσκοντα αὑτῷ προσλαμβάνειν Pl. Lg. 951e; τῇ πόλει ἀ. Lys. 19.13. (Cognate with ἀραρίσκω.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀρέσκω; imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ἈΡΩ (see ἄρα at the beginning)); (from Homer down);

a. to please: τίνι, Matthew 14:6; Mark 6:22; Romans 8:8; Romans 15:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 7:32-34; Galatians 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:4; ἐνώπιον τίνος, after the Hebrew בְּעֵינֵי, Acts 6:5 (1 Kings 3:10; Genesis 34:18, etc.).

b. to strive to please; to accommodate oneself to the opinions, desires, interests of others: τίνι, 1 Corinthians 10:33 (πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω); 1 Thessalonians 2:4. ἀρέσκειν ἑαυτῷ, to please oneself and therefore to have an eye to one's own interests: Romans 15:1, 3.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀρέσκω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2895;]

1. to please (Hom., Hdt., al.): c. dat. pers., Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:22, Romans 8:8; Romans 15:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Corinthians 7:32-34 Galatians 1:10, 2 Timothy 2:4; seq. ἐνώπισν (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי , Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 65.

2. In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (v. M, Th., ICC, 1 Co., ll c.; Cremer, 640 f.); Romans 15:1; Romans 15:3, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Thessalonians 2:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the idea of service in the interests of others which underlies several of the NT occurrences of this verb (1 Thessalonians 2:4, Romans 15:1; Romans 15:3, 1 Corinthians 10:33), we may compare its use in monumental inscriptions to describe those who have proved themselves of use to the commonwealth, as OGIS 641 (A.D. 246–7) Ἰούλιον Αὐρήλιον. . . οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ κατελθόντες. . . ἀνέστησαν ἀρέσαντα αὑτοῖς, τειμῆς χάριν, ib. 646.12 (iii/A.D.) Σεπτίμ [ιον Οὐορώδην ] . . . ἀναλώσαντα καὶ ἀρέσαντα τῇ τε αὐτῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ. For a wider sense see the interesting petition of a Jew of Alexandria in the 26th year of Augustus, who, after describing himself as μεταλαβὼν καθ᾽ ὃ δυνατὸν καὶ τῷ πατρὶ [τῆ ]ς ἀρε ̣σ ̣κ ̣ούσης παιδείας, goes on to state that he runs the risk τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος στερηθῆναι (BGU IV. 1140.5 ff). In PSI 94.6 ff. (ii/A.D.) a woman writes gratefully ὅτι ἤρεσε καὶ τῷ παιδὶ ἡ ποδίς, καὶ προσεδρεύει ἰς τὰ μαθήματα : cf. BGU IV. 1141.24 (Aug.) ὡς δοῦλος ἐπ᾽ ἐλευθερίᾳ θέλει ἀρέσαι ο ̣υ ̣[τω κἀλὼ τὴν φιλίαν σου θέλων ἄμεμπτ [ον ] ἐματὸν ἐτήρησα. In P Oxy VIII. 1153.25 (i/A.D.) a man sends his son a piece of fabric, telling him to show it to a third man and write as to the colour, ἐὰν αὐτῷ ἀρέσκῃ. Similarly in P Giss I. 20.15 (ii/A.D.) ὁποῖ ]ον δέ σοι χρῶ [μ ]α ἀρέσ ̣κει, [δήλω ]σον δι᾽ ἐπι [σ ]τολῆς ἢ μεικρὸν ἔρ [γο ]ν αὐτοῦ π [έμψο ]ν —a woman is writing to her husband about some wool she is working for him. (Ought we perhaps to supplement ἔρ [ιο ]ν from the previous line, instead of ἔρ [γο ]ν, ";a little wool of that (colour)";?) The same lady’s mother writes to the husband in 22.12 ταῦτα καὶ θεοῖς [ἀρέ ]σκε [ι ], but then unfortunately becomes illegible, though a small space suggests to the editor that the sentence ends there : in that case ταῦτα is her earnest wish to see her son-in-law safe home. The verb remains in the vernacular to-day with meaning unchanged, but (normally) a less irregular present ἀρέζω.

List of Word Forms

αρεσαι αρέσαι ἀρέσαι αρεσάσης αρεσάτω αρέσει αρεση αρέση ἀρέσῃ αρέσκει αρεσκειν αρέσκειν ἀρέσκειν αρεσκετω αρεσκέτω ἀρεσκέτω αρέσκη αρέσκοι αρεσκοντες αρέσκοντες ἀρέσκοντες αρεσκοντων αρεσκόντων ἀρεσκόντων αρεσκω αρέσκω ἀρέσκω ήρεσαν ήρεσε ηρεσεν ήρεσεν ἤρεσεν ήρεσκεν ηρεσκον ήρεσκον ἤρεσκον aresai arésai arese aresē arései arésēi areskein aréskein aresketo aresketō areskéto areskétō aresko areskō arésko aréskō areskontes aréskontes areskonton areskontōn areskónton areskóntōn eresen ēresen ḗresen ereskon ēreskon ḗreskon