To please
εὐαρεστέωStrong’s G2100euaresteō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Euaresteō is the Greek word usually translated “have pleased”, “please” and “is well pleased”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
Meaning
Usually translated “have pleased”, “please” and “is well pleased”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to have pleased 1
- to please 1
- is well pleased 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
εὐαρεστέω euaresteō · to please
εὐαρεστέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ hith., Gen.5:22, 24, Psa.26:2 56:13, al., Sir.44:16 ;] to be well pleasing: τ. θεῷ (LXX, ll. with), Heb.11:5-6. Pass., to be well pleased: with dative, Heb.13:16.† (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.