Gloss
to please, accommodate
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
Definition
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. |
