ἈΡΕΣΤΟΝ, ἀρεστον
ARESTON, areston
Sounds Like: ah-RES-ton
Translations: pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, a pleasing thing, what is pleasing
From the root: ἈΡΕΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is pleasing, agreeable, or acceptable. It is often used to refer to actions or things that are pleasing in the sight of God or people. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun, or as a substantive (acting like a noun) meaning 'what is pleasing' or 'a pleasing thing'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0701 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 19:2
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:16
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 3:6, 16:6
- Leviticus — 10:19
- Deuteronomy — 6:18, 12:8, 12:25, 12:28, 13:18, 21:9
- Ezra (Beta) — 7:18, 10:11
- Nehemiah — 9:24, 9:37
- Judith — 3:2, 8:17, 12:14
- Tobit — 3:6, 3:6, 4:3, 4:3, 4:21, 14:9
- Wisdom — 9:9
- Sirach — 48:16, 48:22
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:34
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 4:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΕΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΕΣΤΑ — pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, what is pleasing, things pleasing, acceptable things
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