ἀρέσκω
aréskō
“to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to please, Mt. 14:6; to be pleasing, acceptable, Acts 6:5; to consult the pleasure of any one, Rom. 15:1, 2, 3; 1 Cor. 10:33; to seek favor with, Gal. 1:10; 1 Thess. 2:4
Translated in KJV as
please
Etymology
probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of exciting emotion);
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