G700 – aresko – ἀρέσκω – to please, arouse
- Strong’s ID:
- G700
- Greek Word:
- ἀρέσκω
- Transliteration:
- areskō / aresko
- Pronunciation:
- ar-es’-ko
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion)
- Usage Count:
- 17
- Search:
- Find “aresko” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to please
2) to arouse
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so):—please.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to please
2) to strive to please
2a) to accommodate one’s self to the opinions desires and interests of others
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.