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Koine Greek wordlink #86636

SR GNT Acts 6:2 ἀρεστόν (areston) ‘apprentices/followers said not pleasing it is us having left’ Strongs=7010 Lemma=arestos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀρεστόν (S-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρεστόν’ (S-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘pleasing’.

Acts 12:3 ‘having seen and that pleasing is it the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Acts 12:3 word 5

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arestos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘pleasing’, ‘pleasing things’.

Greek words (3) other than ἀρεστόν (S-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘pleasing’

YHN 8:29 ἀρεστὰ (aresta) S-ANP ‘because I the pleasing things to him am doing always’ SR GNT Yhn 8:29 word 20

COL 1:10 ἀρεσκείαν (areskeian) N-AFS Lemma=areskeia ‘master in all pleasing in every work’ SR GNT Col 1:10 word 8

1YHN 3:22 ἀρεστὰ (aresta) S-ANP ‘we are keeping and the pleasing things before him we are practicing’ SR GNT 1Yhn 3:22 word 20

Key: N=noun S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANP=accusative,neuter,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular