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G0700ἀρέσκωareskō

to pleasePart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. Luke: 0
  4. John: 0
  5. 1
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. 2
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 3
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 1
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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17 occurrences in 16 verses

With their references and text in King James Version.

  1. Matthew 14:6

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

    ἤρεσεν ēresen “pleased”

  2. Mark 6:22

    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.

    ἤρεσεν ēresen “she pleased”

  3. Acts 6:5

    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:

    ἤρεσεν ēresen “pleased”

  4. Romans 8:8

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

    ἀρέσαι aresai “to please”

  5. Romans 15:1

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

    ἀρέσκειν· areskein “to please;”

  6. Romans 15:2

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

    ἀρεσκέτω aresketō “should please”

  7. Romans 15:3

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

    ἤρεσεν ēresen “pleased”

  8. 1 Corinthians 7:32

    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:

    ἀρέσῃ aresē “he may please”

  9. 1 Corinthians 7:33

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

    ἀρέσῃ aresē “he may please”

  10. 1 Corinthians 7:34

    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.

    ἀρέσῃ aresē “she may please”

  11. 1 Corinthians 10:33

    Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

    ἀρέσκω areskō “please”

  12. Galatians 1:10

    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.

    ἀρέσκειν; areskein “to please?”ἤρεσκον, ēreskon “I were pleasing,”

  13. 1 Thessalonians 2:4

    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.

    ἀρέσκοντες areskontes “pleasing”

  14. 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    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:

    ἀρεσκόντων areskontōn “pleasing”

  15. 1 Thessalonians 4:1

    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.

    ἀρέσκειν areskein “to please”

  16. 2 Timothy 2:4

    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.

    ἀρέσῃ. aresē “he may please.”