ἈΠΑΡΕΣΚΕΣΘΑΙ, ἀπαρεσκεσθαι
APARESKESTHAI, apareskesthai
Sounds Like: ah-pah-RES-kes-thai
Translations: to displease, to be displeased with, to be unacceptable
From the root: ΑΠΑΡΕΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present middle/passive infinitive form of the verb ἀπαρέσκω. It means to displease someone or to be displeased with something or someone. It can also convey the idea of being unacceptable or not pleasing.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0005 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΑΡΕΣΚΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΑΡΕΣΑΝΤΑ — displeasing, disagreeable, unpleasing
- ΑΠΑΡΕΣΚΕΣΘΑΙ — to displease, to be displeasing, to be unacceptable
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