Strong's Concordance areskó: to please Original Word: ἀρέσκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: areskó Phonetic Spelling: (ar-es'-ko) Short Definition: I please, serve Definition: I please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. HELPS Word-studies 700 aréskō – properly, satisfy (make good on something, LS); hence to please, winning someone's favor (affection, approval) because meeting their expectation (especially by being in moral agreement). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 700: ἀρέσκωἀρέσκω; 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance to pleaseProbably from airo (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so) -- please. see GREEK airo Forms and Transliterations 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 ḗreskonLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 70017 Occurrences ἀρέσαι — 1 Occ. ἀρέσῃ — 4 Occ. ἀρέσκειν — 3 Occ. ἀρεσκέτω — 1 Occ. ἀρέσκω — 1 Occ. ἀρέσκοντες — 1 Occ. ἀρεσκόντων — 1 Occ. ἤρεσεν — 4 Occ. ἤρεσκον — 1 Occ. Matthew 14:6 V-AIA-3S GRK: μέσῳ καὶ ἤρεσεν τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ NAS: before [them] and pleased Herod, KJV: before them, and pleased Herod. INT: midst and pleased Herod Mark 6:22 V-AIA-3S Acts 6:5 V-AIA-3S Romans 8:8 V-ANA Romans 15:1 V-PNA Romans 15:2 V-PMA-3S Romans 15:3 V-AIA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:32 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:33 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:34 V-ASA-3S 1 Corinthians 10:33 V-PIA-1S Galatians 1:10 V-PNA Galatians 1:10 V-IIA-1S 1 Thessalonians 2:4 V-PPA-NMP 1 Thessalonians 2:15 V-PPA-GMP 1 Thessalonians 4:1 V-PNA 2 Timothy 2:4 V-ASA-3S |