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,

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