Know the Word.

Greek word

aréskō

ἀρέσκω

What it means

to be agreeable

to be agreeable (or by implication, to seek to be so)

Where it comes from

probably from aírō (αἴρω) (through the idea of exciting emotion)

How the King James translates it

  • please11
  • pleased5
  • let1
  • i1
  • pleasing1

Every place it appears 19

Matthew14:6
Mark6:22
Acts6:5
1 Corinthians7:327:337:3410:33
Galatians1:10
1 Thessalonians2:42:154:1
2 Timothy2:4