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Lexicon :: Strong's G699 - areskeia

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ἀρεσκεία
Transliteration
areskeia (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-es'-ki-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of ἀρέσκω (G700)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:456,77

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρεσκεία areskeía, ar-es'-ki-ah; from a derivative of G700; complaisance:—pleasing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G699 in the following manner: pleasing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G699 in the following manner: pleasing (1x).
  1. desire to please

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρεσκεία areskeía, ar-es'-ki-ah; from a derivative of G700; complaisance:—pleasing.
STRONGS G699:
ἀρεσκεία (T WH -κια [see Ι, ι]), -ας, , (from ἀρεσκεύω to be complaisant; hence, not to be written [with R G L Tr] ἀρέσκεια [cf. Chandler § 99; Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 g.; Buttmann, 12 (11)]), desire to please: περιπατεῖν ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν, to please him in all things, Colossians 1:10; (of the desire to please God, in Philo, opif. § 50; de profug. § 17; de victim. § 3 at the end. In native Greek writings commonly in a bad sense: Theophrastus, char. 3 (5); Polybius 31, 26, 5; Diodorus 13, 53; others; [cf. Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited]).
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Colossians
1:10

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Strong's Number G699 matches the Greek ἀρεσκεία (areskeia),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:10 - περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν G699 ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐπιγνώσιν τοῦ θεοῦ
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