To please
ἀρέσκωStrong’s G0700areskō
Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament
In short
Areskō is the Greek word usually translated “please”, “pleased” and “may please”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.
“But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.”
Meaning
Usually translated “please”, “pleased” and “may please”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to please 4
- pleased 3
- he may please 3
- pleasing 2
- she pleased 1
- should please 1
- she may please 1
- please 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
- 1 Corinthians 4
- 1 Thessalonians 3
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 6:22And 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 6:5And 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 8:8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
- Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Romans 15:2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
- Romans 15:3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Greek dictionary
ἀρέσκω areskō · to please
ἀρέσκω [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ;] 1. to please (Hom., Hdt., al.): with dative of person(s), Mat.14:6, Mrk.6:22, Rom.8:8 15:2, 1Th.2:15 4:1, 1Co.7:32-34 Gal.1:10, 2Ti.2:4; before ἐνώπισν (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי, Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 65. 2. In late Gk., esp. in Inscr., to render service to (see M, Th., ICC, 1 Co., ll with; Cremer, 640 f.); Rom.15:1, 3, 1Co.10:33, 1Th.2:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “please” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin placere, placeo.]
- To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.“Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son” Genesis 34:18
- To satisfy; to content.
- To prefer; to have satisfaction in; to like; to choose.“They that are in the flesh cannot please God” Romans 8:8
All definitions and other forms of “please”
PLEASE, verb intransitive
s as z. To like; to choose; to prefer.
- To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.