ἀρέσκω [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ;] 1. to please (Hom., Hdt., al.): with dative of person(s), Mat.14:6, Mrk.6:22, Rom.8:8 15:2, 1Th.2:15 4:1, 1Co.7:32-34 Gal.1:10, 2Ti.2:4; before ἐνώπισν (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי, Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 65. 2. In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M, Th., ICC, 1 Co., ll with; Cremer, 640 f.); Rom.15:1, 3, 1Co.10:33, 1Th.2:4.† (AS)
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G700 — ἀρέσκω
areskō · to please · Greek
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Matthew 14:6 · ἤρεσενBut when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.Acts 6:5 · ἤρεσενAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;Romans 8:8 · ἀρέσαιand they that are in the flesh cannot please God.Romans 15:1 · ἀρέσκειν·Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:2 · ἀρεσκέτωLet each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.Romans 15:3 · ἤρεσενFor Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.1 Corinthians 7:32 · ἀρέσῃBut I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:1 Corinthians 7:33 · ἀρέσῃbut he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,1 Corinthians 7:34 · ἀρέσῃand is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.1 Corinthians 10:33 · ἀρέσκωeven as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.Galatians 1:10 · ἀρέσκειν; · ἤρεσκον,For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:4 · ἀρέσκοντεςbut even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:15 · ἀρεσκόντωνwho both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;1 Thessalonians 4:1 · ἀρέσκεινFinally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.2 Timothy 2:4 · ἀρέσῃ.No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.