ΕΥ̓ΗΡΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ, εὐηρεστησεν
EUĒRESTĒSEN, euērestēsen
Sounds Like: yoo-ah-res-TAY-sen
Translations: he pleased, he was well-pleasing, he was acceptable
From the root: ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means 'to please' or 'to be well-pleasing'. It describes an action or state of being agreeable or acceptable to someone, often God. It is typically used in the active voice, indicating that the subject performed the action of pleasing.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2100 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 8:2
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 19:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΑΡΕΣΤΗΤΕ — to please, to be pleasing, to be well-pleasing
- ΕΥ̓ΗΡΕΣΤΕΙ — he was well-pleasing, he was pleasing, he was acceptable, he was gratifying
- ΕΥ̓ΗΡΕΣΤΗΣΑ — I was well-pleased, I pleased, I was acceptable, I was agreeable
- ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΕΩ — to please, to be well-pleasing, to be acceptable, to be well-disposed
- ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have been well-pleasing, of those who have pleased well, of those who have been acceptable
- ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΑΙ — to please, to be well-pleasing, to be acceptable
- ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΗΣΩ — I will please, I will be well-pleasing, I will be acceptable
- ΕΥΗΡΕΣΤΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have been well-pleasing, to have pleased, to have been acceptable
- ΕΥΗΡΕΣΤΗΣΑ — I pleased, I was well-pleasing, I was acceptable
- ΕΥΗΡΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ — he was well-pleased, he pleased, he was pleasing
- ΕΥΗΡΕΣΤΟΥΝ — they were well-pleasing, they were pleasing, they were acceptable
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