Word

ἀρέσκω

aréskō · G700 · Greek · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

to please

To cause someone to be pleased with someone or something

Examples
Matthew 14:6 But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
Mark 6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
Acts 6:5 The announcement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

17 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 5
Not stated (infinitive) 4
Not stated (participle) 3
ἕκαστοςeach 1
κἀγώI too 1
λόγοςword, saying, message 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

16 occurrences in 12 groups

θεόςGod 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

εἰςto+ ἀγαθόςgood 1
ἐνώπιονin front of+ πλῆθοςmultitude, crowd 1
πρόςto, toward, with+ οἰκοδομήbuilding up, building 1

With adverbsAdverbs

7 occurrences in 4 groups

πῶςhow? by what means? 3
μήnot 2
ἔτιstill 1
οὐnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

δέωto bind, to tie 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 4 groups

μεριμνάωto be worried about 3
δύναμαιcan 1
ζητέωto seek, to look for 1
ὀφείλωought, to owe 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

יָטַב yâṭab · H3190 · to tend, to adorn, to improve: יָטַב (yâṭab, H3190) emphasizes the state or action of making/being good, right, or beneficial, while ἀρέσκω (aréskō, G700) focuses specifically on being pleasing or agreeable to someone, often with interpersonal or relational connotations of seeking favor.
טוֹב ṭôwb · H2896 · good, nice, beautiful: Hebrew טוֹב denotes inherent goodness/pleasantness as a quality, while Greek ἀρέσκω focuses on the active process of pleasing or being agreeable to someone; the Greek emphasizes relational satisfaction where Hebrew expresses objective/subjective goodness.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To please25.90: In Matthew 14:6, at Herod's birthday celebration, “the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased (ḗresen) Herod,” describing an act performed specifically to gratify him.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀρέσκωaréskō · G700εὐάρεστος euárestos · G2101 · pleasing to, pleasingly · 9×ἀρεστός arestós · G701 · pleasing, proper, right · 4×εὐαρεστέω euarestéō · G2100 · to cause to be pleased, to please · 3×ἀρεσκεία areskeía · G699 · means of favor, that which pleases · 1×εὐαρέστως euaréstōs · G2102 · pleasing to, pleasingly · 1×

Also from the root ἀρέσκω

ἀνθρωπάρεσκος anthrōpáreskos · G441 · pleasing people, men-pleaser · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ἈΡΩ (see ἄρα at the beginning)); (from…

imperfect ἤρεσκον; future ἀρέσω; 1 aorist ἤρεσα; (ἈΡΩ (see ἄρα at the beginning)); (from Homer down);
a. to please: τίνι, Mt 14:6; Mk 6:22; Rom 8:8; Rom 15:2; 1 Thess 2:15; 1 Thess 4:1; 1 Cor 7:32-34; Gal 1:10; 2 Tim 2:4; ἐνώπιον τίνος, after the Hebrew בְּעֵינֵי, Acts 6:5 (1 Kgs 3:10; Gen 34:18, etc.).
b. to strive to please; to accommodate oneself to the opinions, desires, interests of others: τίνι, 1 Cor 10:33 (πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω); 1 Thess 2:4. ἀρέσκειν ἑαυτῷ, to please oneself and therefore to have an eye to one's own interests: Rom 15:1, Rom 15:3.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Acceptable To, To Be Pleased With17 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0