ἀρεστός
arestós · G701 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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pleasing
Pertaining to that which pleases someone
ExamplesJohn 8:29 “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
Acts 12:3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (Now these were the days of Unleavened Bread.)
1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
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proper, right
Pertaining to being proper or right, with the implication of desirable
ExamplesActs 6:2 So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 2
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διακονέωto serve 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 1 word
- יָשָׁר yâshâr · H3477 · straight, "straight way" = safe journey
- Greek ἀρεστός emphasizes that which pleases or is acceptable (often to God or people), while Hebrew יָשָׁר centers on moral straightness, uprightness, and ethical rightness, though both converge on the concept of what is fit, proper, or meets an evaluative standard.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Pleasing25.92
- In John 8:29, Jesus says, “He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing (arestá) to Him,” describing conduct that gratifies the Father.
- Proper, right66.8
- In Acts 6:2, the Twelve tell the congregation, “it is not desirable (arestón) for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables,” describing what is fitting and proper for them to do, rather than merely pleasant.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀρεστή, ἀρεστόν (ἀρέσκω), pleasing, agreeable: τίνι, Jn 8:29; Acts 12:3; ἐνώπιον τίνος, 1…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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