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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.