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ἀρεσκεία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀρεσκεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
areskeia
Simplified transliteration: 
areskeia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
699
GK Number: 
742
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
pleasing, striving to please
Definition: 
a pleasing, desire of pleasing, Col. 1:10*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀρεσκεία

Colossians 1:10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing (areskeian | ἀρεσκείαν | acc sg fem) to him, bearing fruit in every good work, good and increasing in the knowledge of God,