ΕΥ̓ΗΡΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ, εὐηρεστησαν
EUĒRESTĒSAN, euērestēsan
Sounds Like: yoo-ay-res-TAY-san
Translations: they were well-pleased, they pleased, they were acceptable, they were pleasing
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an action where someone or something is well-pleasing, acceptable, or agreeable to another. It implies a state of being satisfied or approved. In a sentence, it would be used to indicate that a group of people (the 'they' in the translation) found favor or gave satisfaction.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G2100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 62:2
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 48:15
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 3:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΈΩ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have pleased well, of those who have been well-pleasing, of those who have been acceptable
- ΕΥ̓ΗΡΕΣΤΟΥΝ — they were pleasing, they were well-pleasing, they were acceptable
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