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 was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, 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 Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:Romans 8:8 · ἀρέσαιSo then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.Romans 15:1 · ἀρέσκειν·We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:2 · ἀρεσκέτωLet every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.Romans 15:3 · ἤρεσενFor even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.1 Corinthians 7:32 · ἀρέσῃBut I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:1 Corinthians 7:33 · ἀρέσῃBut he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.1 Corinthians 7:34 · ἀρέσῃThere is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.1 Corinthians 10:33 · ἀρέσκωEven as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.Galatians 1:10 · ἀρέσκειν; · ἤρεσκον,For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:4 · ἀρέσκοντεςBut as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:15 · ἀρεσκόντωνWho both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:1 Thessalonians 4:1 · ἀρέσκεινFurthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.2 Timothy 2:4 · ἀρέσῃ.No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.