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Koine Greek wordlink #144882

SR GNT Heb 11:6 εὐαρεστῆσαι (euarestaʸsai) ‘and faith impossible it_is to please him to believe for it is fitting’ Strongs=21000 Lemma=euaresteō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form εὐαρεστῆσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εὐαρεστῆσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to please him’.

Heb 11:6 ‘and faith impossible it_is to please him to believe for it is fitting’ SR GNT Heb 11:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 And without faith, impossible it _is to _please him, because/for to _believe it _is _fitting the one approaching to_ the _god that he _is, and to _the ones seeking _out him, a_rewarder is _becoming. (HEB_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 and without faith it’s impossible to please him. Because it’s necessary for anyone who approaches God to believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who search for him. (HEB 11:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘euaresteō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘is_being pleased’, ‘to please him’, ‘to_have pleased’.

Key: V=verb