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ἀρέσκω G700

G700 is the Greek word ἀρέσκω, transliterated aréskō. The King James Version most often renders it please.

Word: ἀρέσκωTransliteration: aréskōLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 16 verses

What it means

to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so).

Where it comes from

probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of exciting emotion).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

please 11×pleased 5×let 1×i 1×pleasing 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: please.

Verses using ἀρέσκω

All 16 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 14:6 · KJV

But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

Mark 6:22 · KJV

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

Acts 6:5 · KJV

And 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 · KJV

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 15:1 · KJV

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Romans 15:2 · KJV

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Romans 15:3 · KJV

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

1 Corinthians 7:32 · KJV

But 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 · KJV

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:34 · KJV

There 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 · KJV

Even 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 · KJV

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 · KJV

But 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 · KJV

Who 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 · KJV

Furthermore 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 · KJV

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's G700 mean?

G700 is the Greek word ἀρέσκω (aréskō), meaning to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so).

How is G700 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it please (11 times), pleased (5 times), let (1 time), i (1 time), pleasing (1 time).

How many times does G700 appear in the Bible?

ἀρέσκω (aréskō) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G700 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of exciting emotion).

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