King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G701
Transliteration: arestos
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-es-tos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: pleasing, fit
Meaning: pleasing, fit
ἀρεστός, ἀρεστή, ἀρεστόν (ἀρέσκω), pleasing, agreeable: τίνι, John 8:29; Acts 12:3; ἐνώπιον τίνος, 1 John 3:22 (cf. ἀρέσκω, a.); ἀρεστόν ἐστι followed by an accusative with an infinitive it is fit, Acts 6:2 (yet cf. Meyer at the passage). (In Greek writings from (Sophocles) Herodotus down.)
Word Summary
arestos: pleasing, fit
Original Word: ἀρεστόςTransliteration: arestos
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-es-tos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: pleasing, fit
Meaning: pleasing, fit
Strong's Concordance
pleasing, fit. From aresko; agreeable; by implication, fit -- (things that) please(-ing), reason.
see GREEK aresko
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 701: ἀρεστόςἀρεστός, ἀρεστή, ἀρεστόν (ἀρέσκω), pleasing, agreeable: τίνι, John 8:29; Acts 12:3; ἐνώπιον τίνος, 1 John 3:22 (cf. ἀρέσκω, a.); ἀρεστόν ἐστι followed by an accusative with an infinitive it is fit, Acts 6:2 (yet cf. Meyer at the passage). (In Greek writings from (Sophocles) Herodotus down.)