Strong's Greek · G701
G701 arestós
ἀρεστός
ar-es-tos'
pleasing
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arestós appears 4 times in Scripture, in John, Acts and 1 John. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
agreeable; by implication, fit
In the King James Version
(things that) please(-ing), reason
Derivation
from G700 (ἀρέσκω);
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.”
“So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.”
“He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.””
“And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
