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Strong's G699 · Greek

ἀρεσκεία

areskeia · ar-es'-ki-ah

from a derivative of 700; complaisance


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀρεσκία (G699)

1 ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία ), -ας, ἡ ( ἀρέσκω ), [in LXX ( -εία ): Pr 31:30 ( חֵן )*;] pleasing , desire to please : Col 1:10 . In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most freq. in bad sense, but in π. , Inscr., and in Philo, as above (v. Deiss., BS , 224; MM, s.v.; Cremer, 642).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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