ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΙΝ, εὐαρεστειν
EUARESTEIN, euarestein
Sounds Like: yoo-ah-res-TEIN
Translations: to please, to be well-pleasing, to be acceptable
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive verb meaning "to please" or "to be well-pleasing." It describes an action or state of being agreeable or acceptable, often in a moral or spiritual context, indicating that something is pleasing in the sight of God or others. It can be used to express the idea of living in a way that is pleasing to someone.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 62:2
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 85:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΙ — pleases, is pleasing, is well-pleasing, is acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΙΤΑΙ — is well-pleased, is pleased, is acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ — to be well-pleasing, to please, to be acceptable, to be well-pleased
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have been well-pleasing, to have been acceptable, to have pleased, to be well-pleasing, to be acceptable, to please
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΑΙ — to please, to be well-pleasing, to be acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΑΣ — having pleased, having been well-pleasing, having been acceptable, having been pleasing
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΩ — I will please, I will be well-pleasing, I will be acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΩΜΕΝ — let us please, that we may please, we may be well-pleasing
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΟΥΝΤΑΣ — pleasing, being well-pleasing, being acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of pleasing, of being well-pleasing, of being acceptable, of being agreeable
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΩΝ — pleasing, well-pleasing, acceptable, being well-pleasing, being acceptable
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