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 among them and pleased Herod.Acts 6:5 · ἤρεσενThese words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;Romans 8:8 · ἀρέσαιThose who are in the flesh can’t please God.Romans 15:1 · ἀρέσκειν·Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:2 · ἀρεσκέτωLet each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.Romans 15:3 · ἤρεσενFor even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”1 Corinthians 7:32 · ἀρέσῃBut I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;1 Corinthians 7:33 · ἀρέσῃbut he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.1 Corinthians 7:34 · ἀρέσῃThere is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about 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 my 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? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:4 · ἀρέσκοντεςBut even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.1 Thessalonians 2:15 · ἀρεσκόντωνwho killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;1 Thessalonians 4:1 · ἀρέσκεινFinally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.2 Timothy 2:4 · ἀρέσῃ.No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.