ἈΡΕΣΚΕΙΑΣ, ἀρεσκειας
ARESKEIAS, areskeias
Sounds Like: ah-res-KEI-as
Translations: of pleasing, of flattery, of a desire to please, of complaisance
From the root: ΑΡΕΣΚΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act or quality of pleasing others, often with the connotation of seeking favor or flattery. It can describe a disposition to be agreeable or a deliberate effort to gain approval. It is used in a general sense to describe the nature of someone's actions or intentions.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0704 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΕΣΚΕΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΡΕΣΚΕΙΑΙ — pleasing, a pleasing, desire to please, flattery, a flattery, desire to please, a desire to please
- ἈΡΕΣΚΕΙΑΝ — pleasing, a pleasing, desire to please, desire to gratify, a desire to gratify
- ΑΡΕΣΚΕΙΑ — desire to please, a desire to please, complaisance, flattery
- ΑΡΕΣΚΙΑΙ — flattery, desire to please, a desire to please, pleasing
- ΑΡΕΣΚΙΑΝ — pleasing, desire to please, desire to gratify, flattery
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