Quick Definition
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Strong's Definition
agreeable; by implication, fit
Derivation: from G700 (ἀρέσκω);
KJV Usage: (things that) please(-ing), reason
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρεστός, ἀρεστή, ἀρεστόν (ἀρέσκω), pleasing, agreeable: τίνι, Joh_8:29; Act_12:3; ἐνώπιον τίνος, 1Jn_3:22 (cf. ἀρέσκω, a.); ἀρεστόν ἐστι followed by an accusative with an infinitive it is fit, Act_6:2 (yet cf. Meyer at the passage). (In Greek writings from (Sophocles) Herodotus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρεστός arestos 4x
pleasing, acceptable, Act_12:3 ; 1Jn_3:22 ; Joh_8:29 ,
deemed proper, Act_6:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀρεστός , -ή , -όν
( < ἀρέσκω ),
[in LXX for H3477 , etc.;]
pleasing, agreeable ( Hdt ., Xen ., and later writers; v. Cremer , 641 f ; MM , s . v .): c. dat. pers ., Joh_8:29 , Act_12:3 ; seq . ἐνώπιον , c . gen . (Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), 1Jn_3:22 ; ἀρεστόν ἐστιν , c . acc et inf (El., § 69, 5; 72, 5), Act_6:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρεστός [page 75]
The adj. is very common. P Hib I. 51 .4 (B.C. 245) πρι ]α̣μενος̣λάμβανε ἀρεστὰς̣τ [ι ]μ̣ω̣ν̣ ὑπογεγραμμένων , accept, if satisfactory, and buy at the prices below written (Edd.). P Grenf II. 24 .14 (B.C. 105) παρεχέσθω ( sc. τὸν οἶνον ) μόνιμον καὶ ἀρεστὸν ἕως Ἀθὺρ ᾱ , wine that will keep and be satisfactory till Athyr 1st. P Amh II. 48 .8 (B.C. 106) χορηγοῦντες κενώματα ἀρεστά , providing acceptable vessels (Edd.). In P Tebt II. 342 .17 (late ii/A.D.) a pottery is described as λίθοις ἀρεστοῖς ἐξηρτισ (μένον ), newly fitted with stones in good order : so .22, .25 . Cf. Syll 522 .17 (iii/B.C.) οἴνο [υ ] παρέχειν ἀρεστόν , and for the adverb Michel 456 .15 ff. (ii/B.C.) ἀποδεδείχασιν οἱ ἐπιμεληταὶ τῆι βουλ [ῆι ] συντετελεσμένα πάντα τὰ ἔργα ἀρεστῶς , BGU IV. 1119 .21 (B.C. 5) τὰ προσήκοντα ἔργα π̣α̣ν̣τα καθ᾽ ὥρα [ν ] καὶ κατὰ καιρὸν ἀρεστῶς . The collocation of εὐάρεστος and δόκιμος in Rom_14:18 is closely paralleled in P Amh II. 89 .8 (A.D. 121) τὸ ( l. τὸν ) δὲ ἀργυρικὸν φόρον δόκιμον ἄριστον ( l. ἀρεστόν ), if the editors certain emendation be accepted. So P Flor I. 1 .6 (A.D. 153) ἀργύριον δόκιμον νομειτευόμενον ἀρεστόν : P Lond 938 .6 (A.D. 225) (= III. p. 150), al.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀρεστός [Etym: ἀρέσκω] "acceptable, pleasing", Hdt. , Soph. adv., ἑωυτῶι ἀρεστῶς "quite" to his own "satisfaction", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀρεστός, -ή, -όν
(ἀρέσκω), [in LXX for יָשָׁר, etc. ;]
pleasing, agreeable (Hdt., Xen., and later writers; see Cremer, 641 f; MM, see word): with dative of person(s), Jhn.8:29, Act.12:3; before ἐνώπιον, with genitive (Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), 1Jn.3:22; ἀρεστόν ἐστιν, with accusative and inf (El., § 69, 5; 72, 5), Act.6:2.†
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