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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀρέσκω

ἀρέσκω

G700

Transliteration: aréskō

Pronunciation: ar-es'-ko

Definition: please


- Original: ἀρέσκω

- Transliteration: Aresko

- Phonetic: ar-es'-ko

- Definition:

1. to please

2. to strive to please

a. to accommodate one's self to the opinions desires and interests of others

- Origin: probably from G142" class="dictionary-topic-link">G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion)

- TDNT entry: 08:35,8

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Probably from G142" class="dictionary-topic-link">G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so): - please.


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