Greek verb · G700
ἀρέσκω
areskoar-es'-ko
to please; In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aréskō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G700is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G700
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
The King James renders it: please.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aresko is rendered "to please; In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to please".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
Matthew 14:6ἤρεσεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eight of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to please, and In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to please | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod |
| In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see MTh., ICC, 1 Co., ll with | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀρέσῃ4
- ἤρεσεν4
- ἀρέσκειν3
- ἀρέσαι1
- ἀρεσκέτω1
- ἀρέσκοντες1
- ἀρεσκόντων1
- ἀρέσκω1
- ἤρεσκον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular4V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-IAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular1V-PAM-3S
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Matthew
one use
On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- ἤρεσενeresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: pleased
Mark
one use
When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
- ἤρεσενeresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she pleased
Acts
one use
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
- ἤρεσενeresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: pleased
Romans
four uses
Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
- ἀρέσαιaresaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to please
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- ἀρέσκεινareskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to please
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- ἀρεσκέτωaresketoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should please
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- ἤρεσενeresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: pleased
1 Corinthians
four uses
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
- ἀρέσῃareseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may please
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
- ἀρέσῃareseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may please
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
- ἀρέσῃareseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may please
as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- ἀρέσκωareskoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: please
Galatians
two uses
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- ἀρέσκεινareskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to please
- ἤρεσκονereskonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I were pleasing
1 Thessalonians
three uses
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
- ἀρέσκοντεςareskontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: pleasing
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- ἀρεσκόντωνareskontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: pleasing
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
- ἀρέσκεινareskeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to please
2 Timothy
one use
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
- ἀρέσῃareseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may please
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.