2100. euaresteó

Lexicon

euaresteó: To please, to be pleasing, to be acceptable

Original Word: εὐαρεστέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: euaresteó
Pronunciation: yoo-ar-es-TEH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-ar-es-teh'-o)
KJV: please (well)
NASB: please, pleased, pleasing
Word Origin: [from G2101 (εὐάρεστος - acceptable)]

1. to gratify entirely

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

gratify, please.

From euarestos; to gratify entirely -- please (well).

see GREEK euarestos

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2100 euarestéō – to please (gratify) by giving what is acceptable. We only please the Lord by living in faith ("His inworked persuasions/preferences"). Accordingly, 2100 (euarestéō) and faith (4102 /pístis) are directly connected in the NT. See 2101 (euarestos).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from euarestos
Definition
to be well-pleasing
NASB Translation
please (1), pleased (1), pleasing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2100: εὐαρεστέω

εὐαρεστέω, ἐυαρέστω: 1 aorist infinitive εὐαρεστῆσαι; perfect infinitive εὐηρεστηκέναι, and without augment εὐαρεστηκέναι Hebrews 11:5 L WH (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 162; Buttmann, 35 (30)); to be well-pleasing: τῷ Θεῷ (the Sept. for אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים הִתְהַלֵּך, Genesis 5:22, 24; Genesis 6:9), Hebrews 11:5f. (Sir. 44:16; Philo de Abr. § 6; de exsecr. § 9; τίνι, Diodorus 14, 4). Passive present ἐυαρεστοῦμαι; τίνι (Buttmann, 188 (163); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.), to be well pleased with a thing: Hebrews 13:16 (Diodorus 3, 55; 20, 79; (Diogenes Laërtius 10, 137).

Forms and Transliterations

ευαρέστει ευαρεστειται ευαρεστείται εὐαρεστεῖται ευαρεστηκεναι εὐαρεστηκέναι ευαρεστησαι ευαρεστήσαι εὐαρεστῆσαι ευαρεστήσω ευηρεστηκέναι ευηρέστησα ευηρέστησαν ευηρέστησε ευηρέστησεν ευηρέστουν euaresteitai euaresteîtai euarestekenai euarestekénai euarestēkenai euarestēkénai euarestesai euarestêsai euarestēsai euarestē̂sai

Englishman's Concordance

Hebrews 11:5 V-PNA
GRK: μεταθέσεως μεμαρτύρηται εὐαρεστηκέναι τῷ θεῷ
NAS: his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
KJV: he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
INT: taking up he was commended to have well pleased God

Hebrews 11:6 V-ANA
GRK: πίστεως ἀδύνατον εὐαρεστῆσαι πιστεῦσαι γὰρ
NAS: it is impossible to please [Him], for he who comes
KJV: [it is] impossible to please [him]: for
INT: faith [it is] impossible to well please [him] to believe indeed

Hebrews 13:16 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: γὰρ θυσίαις εὐαρεστεῖται ὁ θεός
NAS: sacrifices God is pleased.
KJV: sacrifices God is well pleased.
INT: indeed sacrifices is well pleased God

Strong's Greek 2100
3 Occurrences

εὐαρεστηκέναι — 1 Occ.
εὐαρεστῆσαι — 1 Occ.
εὐαρεστεῖται — 1 Occ.