Definition
ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Proverbs 31:30 (חֵן) * ;]
pleasing, desire to please: Colossians 1:19 In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most frequently in bad sense, but in π., Inscr., and in Philo, as above (see Deiss., BS, 224; MM, see word; Cremer, 642).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- Colossians 1:10ἀρεσκείαν · [and] may please [Him]…so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,